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Look, up in the sky. - UPDATE TO DOWNDATE GONE
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:55 pm
by Ken Herrick
It could be a space station heading your way. Not no more
http://www.aerospace.org/CORDSuploads/T ... yboard.png" target="_blank
Appears to have gone down West of southern South America
Re: Look, up in the sky....
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:37 pm
by roweenie
Re: Look, up in the sky....
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:37 pm
by Three Valves
Didn’t this happen decades ago with Skylab??
Back when the globe was entering a new ice age??
Re: Look, up in the sky....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:05 am
by windshieldbug
Three Valves wrote:Didn’t this happen decades ago with Skylab??
Who can forget John Belushi modeling Skylab slamming into the Earth!?

Re: Look, up in the sky....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:45 am
by Ken Herrick
Some people WON'T forget Skylab coming down all over Western Australia!
Maybe this one will land on little rocket man in Peonyang as a present from the Chinese.
Of course if he thought donny trumpet sent it there might be an earth shaking kaboom.
Re: Look, up in the sky....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:37 am
by opus37
bloke wrote:Hey...
If it lands in one of my ponds, I want a warning - so I can be ready with a fishnet...and just think of all the money I can get from the scrapyard...I could actually stop stealing sousaphones for a while !
Once a Sousaphone "collector" always a sousaphone collector. So, what's the going rate for scrap brass?
Re: Look, up in the sky....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:03 pm
by TubaSchnaidt
Look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky.
Only Pink Floyd fans will get that..
Re: Look, up in the sky....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:10 pm
by Ken Herrick
Hey, Bloke, try
http://heavens-above.com/GroundTrack.as ... t=0&tz=UCT" target="_blank soyou can tell if something is going to land in your fish pond, Might be more valuable if it doesn't get wet!
Re: Look, up in the sky....
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 7:27 pm
by Ken Herrick
UPDATE on the DOWNDATE:
Space experts predict the Tiangong-1 space station, or "Heavenly Palace", will turn into a spectacular fireball as it enters Earth's atmosphere on Easter Monday.
According to the latest predictions, it will begin its fiery descent into Earth's atmosphere around 9:25 AM AEST or 9:53AM AEST April 2 — give or take seven hours.
That is 6:25 PM Eastern time Sunday in the US.
Re: Look, up in the sky. - UPDATE TO DOWNDATE
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:26 pm
by MaryAnn
I wonder, if actual pieces do land on someone's private property, whom they will legally decide they belong to. I bet pieces of it would be worth a lot of money to the "owner," eventually. Is it technically a meteorite once it hits, is it still Chinese-owned, or does the Gubment get to grab it?
I'm not in the rather broad swath where pieces might come down in the US, and doubt I'd even be able to see it fireballing from here. Rats.
Re: Look, up in the sky. - UPDATE TO DOWNDATE GONE
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:55 am
by MaryAnn
So what happened? It is well past the fireball date and I have heard nuttin'.
Re: Look, up in the sky. - UPDATE TO DOWNDATE GONE
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 12:10 pm
by bort
Crashed into the Pacific Ocean last weekend. Near Tahiti. No news is good news.