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See Radar Images Of China's Space Station Tumbling Around
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a reply to: TNMockingbird
They are betting in Europe.
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Like spending three days in the belly of the Mona Lisa.
They are betting in Europe.
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aaaaaaaand it burns burns burns
Like spending three days in the belly of the Mona Lisa.
edit on 1-4-2018 by Cauliflower because: (no reason given)
Silly question, actually two. So around 90 miles is where it will start to enter the atmosphere? Is it going fast enough to bounce off like the
shuttle could have?
a reply to: nepatitan
Its going too fast to skip significantly.
If I were a Chinese engineer I might have designed those solar 4 panel wing mounts with two weak pins that would give way fairly early upon reentry. Maybe the Chinese don't have much use for windmills though..
Its going too fast to skip significantly.
If I were a Chinese engineer I might have designed those solar 4 panel wing mounts with two weak pins that would give way fairly early upon reentry. Maybe the Chinese don't have much use for windmills though..
a reply to: Cauliflower
is that because its not plane shaped or because its tumbling? I would imagine if it did skip that would give even less of chance of knowing where it will come down? I was thinking of ksp and how you can skip stuff back into orbit lol
is that because its not plane shaped or because its tumbling? I would imagine if it did skip that would give even less of chance of knowing where it will come down? I was thinking of ksp and how you can skip stuff back into orbit lol
a reply to: nepatitan
Its traveling at 17000 MPH and is not going to be able to generate enough lift to overcome the 9.8 m per second squared gravitational force.
They would need an automatic burn switch triggered by centripetal spin pressure to get out of this one.
Not worth it for a piece of Chinese junk they would just have to dorbit later.
Its traveling at 17000 MPH and is not going to be able to generate enough lift to overcome the 9.8 m per second squared gravitational force.
They would need an automatic burn switch triggered by centripetal spin pressure to get out of this one.
Not worth it for a piece of Chinese junk they would just have to dorbit later.
edit on 1-4-2018 by Cauliflower because: (no reason
given)