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An 8.5-tonne Chinese space station has accelerated its out-of-control descent towards Earth and is expected to crash to the surface within a few months.
The Tiangong-1 or "Heavenly Palace" lab was launched in 2011 and described as a "potent political symbol" of China, part of an ambitious scientific push to turn China into a space superpower. It was used for both manned and unmanned missions and visited by China's first female astronaut, Liu Yang, in 2012.
But in 2016, after months of speculation, Chinese officials confirmed they had lost control of the space station and it would crash to Earth in 2017 or 2018. China's space agency has since notified the UN that it expects Tiangong-1 to come down between October 2017 and April 2018.
[...] Although much of the craft is expected to burn up in the atmosphere, McDowell says some parts might still weigh up to 100kg when they crash into the Earth's surface.
(Score: 2) by goodie on Wednesday October 18 2017, @06:42PM (1 child)
True... I should have specified that perhaps there was a way to do it at hte right time. Which would then be very dangerous coming to think of it. Good thing I'm not in control of these kinds of decisions lol
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Wednesday October 18 2017, @07:00PM
Eh, as long as the whole fireworks show was live-streamed I wouldn't mind putting you in charge of it.