The Chinese out of control again...

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Re: The Chinese out of control again...

#21 Post by Boac » Sat May 08, 2021 9:13 am

Not far from the Kármán line now - things will shortly 'hot up' :))

I agree with the journos - there is a real risk of it crashing.................. =))

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#22 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat May 08, 2021 9:41 am

The "rocket" is being tracked here...

https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/2021/05 ... -may-2021/



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#23 Post by ian16th » Sat May 08, 2021 2:46 pm

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#24 Post by Boac » Sun May 09, 2021 6:48 am

Nothing confirmed yet, but it is 'thought' it 'landed' in the Indian Ocean west of the Maldives.

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#25 Post by johngreen » Sun May 09, 2021 7:46 am

Well, I had no wish for anyone to get hurt by a Chinese junk sailing into their lives or bodies but I must admit, I did rather hope the 'landing' would result in something a little more spectacular than that apparently rather damp squib...
Mae West wouldn't have been much remembered for an uttering along the lines of 'Is that a rocket in your very distant ocean wilderness or are you just pleased to see me?

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#26 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun May 09, 2021 10:18 am

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Sun May 09, 2021 7:46 am
Well, I had no wish for anyone to get hurt by a Chinese junk sailing into their lives or bodies but I must admit, I did rather hope the 'landing' would result in something a little more spectacular than that apparently rather damp squib...
Mae West wouldn't have been much remembered for an uttering along the lines of 'Is that a rocket in your very distant ocean wilderness or are you just pleased to see me?
If the Chinese persist with this kind of re-entry Russian roulette, there will be a bad outcome eventually! I really despise their arrogance and stupidity.
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#27 Post by johngreen » Sun May 09, 2021 11:12 am

I really despise their arrogance and stupidity.
If it were the case that the Chinese had a monopoly on such attributes, we would surely live in a very different world.

You hail from South Africa. I’m both British and Australian. We all know Americans and people from many other lands but I am sure not one of any of these can claim to produce exceptions to the general rules of humanity.
To quote a late lamented friend, Jozef, whose worldwide life journey led him to see first- hand, substantially more dubious behaviour than most folk are ever likely (or would want!) to experience, ‘Mankind is suffering from the disease of incurable stupidity - and the condition is bound to prove fatal’.

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#28 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun May 09, 2021 12:02 pm

johngreen wrote:
Sun May 09, 2021 11:12 am
I really despise their arrogance and stupidity.
If it were the case that the Chinese had a monopoly on such attributes, we would surely live in a very different world.

You hail from South Africa. I’m both British and Australian. We all know Americans and people from many other lands but I am sure not one of any of these can claim to produce exceptions to the general rules of humanity.
To quote a late lamented friend, Jozef, whose worldwide life journey led him to see first- hand, substantially more dubious behaviour than most folk are ever likely (or would want!) to experience, ‘Mankind is suffering from the disease of incurable stupidity - and the condition is bound to prove fatal’.

I am not denigrating all x billion Chinese, but the Chinese space authorities who have previous on this kind of thing.

As for humanity, johngreen, it sucks, and I am part of that malaise I guess... :-bd
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#29 Post by Boac » Sun May 09, 2021 12:07 pm

It is worth remembering that the US threw Skylab back to earth. Slightly more control over re-entry, but not a lot. However, yes, China does need to sharpen up.

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#30 Post by PHXPhlyer » Sun May 09, 2021 3:58 pm

They may have missed you this time but they have eleven more launches in this series to get you. :-o :ymdevil:
Will they adjust their booster management? Who knows. :-ss :-??

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#31 Post by Boac » Sun May 09, 2021 4:08 pm

Surely they can get the Chump with one..................... =))

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#32 Post by llondel » Sun May 09, 2021 4:48 pm

Boac wrote:
Sun May 09, 2021 12:07 pm
It is worth remembering that the US threw Skylab back to earth. Slightly more control over re-entry, but not a lot. However, yes, China does need to sharpen up.
Skylab was quite a few years ago, the science has improved significantly since then and the technology exists to dump this stuff fairly safely if only they could be bothered. If anything, Skylab was probably the start of the realisation that it needed to be handled a bit more carefully.

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