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27. Debris from a Chinese heavy-lift rocket might have hit Cte d'Ivoire villages
Wed May 5, 2021, 08:02 PM
May 2021

This was from a launch last year. It doesn't look like the Chinese give a shit.

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The odds of a piece of space debris falling back to Earth and striking a person are extremely low
. But it looks like a Chinese rocket nearly achieved the improbable.

Last week, China took a major step toward
its goal of completing its own space station by 2022 when its Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket successfully launched a prototype of China’s new-generation manned spacecraft. By Monday, some people were talking about the rocket for a less celebratory reason.

In the re-entry
of one of the largest pieces of uncontrolled space debris ever to fall back on Earth, the rocket’s core stage reportedly plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the northwestern coast of Africa. Then later reports suggested that parts of it might have hit two villages in the West African country Côte d'Ivoire.

https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3084441/debris-chinese-heavy-lift-rocket-might-have-hit-cote-divoire-villages

Is this the same rocket they used to make fun of India's Dead? NT cinematicdiversions May 2021 #1
Don't know. orangecrush May 2021 #2
Here is the post I was referring to. cinematicdiversions May 2021 #3
Thank you. orangecrush May 2021 #7
22 tons ya say? How fast is it coming at ya? Budi May 2021 #4
... orangecrush May 2021 #9
18,000 miles per hour /nt localroger May 2021 #13
Welp.. 😬 22 tons at 18,000 mph ... Budi May 2021 #25
This is job for... ExTex May 2021 #5
You win the Internets! colorado_ufo May 2021 #6
.... orangecrush May 2021 #8
I once had a Pontiac with that same emblem! Budi May 2021 #26
I wonder how many people bookmarked this post. nt chowder66 May 2021 #10
I don-t know orangecrush May 2021 #11
I did, yesterday. :scared: lindysalsagal May 2021 #28
Why scared? Polybius May 2021 #29
+1 chowder66 May 2021 #30
gary7 and ms. lincolin at it again? AllaN01Bear May 2021 #12
Except Mar-A-Lago orangecrush May 2021 #15
Why doesn't the Jewish Space Laser destroy it? marie999 May 2021 #14
We are prepared! orangecrush May 2021 #16
"18th Space Control Squadron" ... marble falls May 2021 #17
That's been around for awhile now. Sapient Donkey May 2021 #31
Sort of ... marble falls May 2021 #34
A malfunctioning sub-orbital warhead was exploded exactly 104 miles above the earth. Marcuse May 2021 #18
What movie was that pic from? I recall seeing it many years ago. Owl May 2021 #21
Star Trek - the original series with Gary 7 csziggy May 2021 #22
That's it! Thanks. Owl May 2021 #23
Where are those space lasers????? Ford_Prefect May 2021 #19
Figures... Bayard May 2021 #20
What kind of a goddamn space program is this dalton99a May 2021 #24
Debris from a Chinese heavy-lift rocket might have hit Cte d'Ivoire villages OnlinePoker May 2021 #27
I'm guessing the west of Australia -like Skylab. speak easy May 2021 #32
China Says Remnants in Indian Ocean tonekat May 2021 #33
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