Chunks of China's Powerful Rocket Fall Back to Earth, Narrowly Missing NYC
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Canis Majoris

05/13/2020, 17:18:31

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Any thoughts on this article?

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a32451633/china-long-march-5b-rocket-debris/

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It's not even near NY, it's near west coast of Africa, or off Cote d'Ivoire - motif 05-14 20:58 | 696 bytes | +1
- What about the photo of that long pipe that just landed in Africa? - Canis Majoris 05-16 22:32 | 78 bytes | +1
  - Don't xpect it to land in 1 ps.It's aluminum shell rushing through atmosphere - InTheNameOfJesus 05-17 21:02 | 21 bytes |
1)It means it passed over NY@relatively low altitude2)The payoad was lite;that's - Mao Clone 05-14 07:41 | 338 bytes | +1
- I wonder why it was designed so that a large piece would have to fall back down [no text] - Canis Majoris 05-14 14:23 | 0 bytes | +1
  - Usually the1st stage returns to earth ballistically rite after fuel exhausted - Mao Clone 05-14 17:22 | 411 bytes | +1
    - Well articles are going apesh1t about how the core module almost hit NYC. - Canis Majoris 05-14 18:11 | 566 bytes | +1
      - CZ-5will be launched from Hainan Isl,no debris will fall into downrange villages - Mao Clone 05-14 18:50 | 411 bytes | +1
        
        The village debris was from other launches at land-based sites. - Canis Majoris 05-14 20:45 | 274 bytes |