Chinese space station Tiangong-2 has officially ended its mission, and the orbital research facility's entire existence. The platform de-orbited and burned up as planned at just after 9 AM ET on Friday, coming down over the South Pacific Ocean, as confirmed by the official Chinese space agency.
The station weighed around nine U.S. tons at the time it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, but even so it was small enough that it almost entirely burned up in the process.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/19/chinas-tiangong-2-space-station-is-officially-no-more/
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday July 21 2019, @07:58AM (2 children)
The first two were basically tests. The third one will be where all the action is at. Especially if the ISS is dismantled after 2028.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 21 2019, @09:19AM (1 child)
The Chinese grub may taste good, but will probably poison you.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 21 2019, @10:20AM
Orangu-tang?
(Score: 1) by zzarko on Sunday July 21 2019, @09:28AM (5 children)
How many hockey pucks is that? Give us some real measurement units, PLEASE!
(I honestly didn't know that Chinese use US tons for their space program, how weird...)
C64 BASIC: 1 a=rnd(-52028):fori=1to8:a=rnd(1):next:fori=1to5:?chr$(rnd(1)*26+65);:next
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 21 2019, @02:45PM
The Chinese are adept at mimicking success.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 21 2019, @08:20PM
1 US ton = 493,986.253723 Chinese tons.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday July 21 2019, @09:23PM (1 child)
They use kilograms, like everyone else does.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Sunday July 21 2019, @11:02PM
Explains why they haven't landed anyone on the moon yet
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(Score: 2) by driverless on Monday July 22 2019, @01:38AM
The conversion scale is quite simple, 9 US tons = 3 Americans.
You're welcome.