chinese space station rocket uncontrolled re-entry tomorrow night

[Sawbonz 27591]

3 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

I have a co-worker who is legitimately afraid this rocket is going to land on her.  She is...an interesting person.

[High Plains Drifter 11052]

37 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

I was only half listening to the story this morning, but apparently when our rockets fall back to earth there is some level of guidance or something to make sure it lands in a relative general area.  The Chinese apparently just said fuck it and let the chips fall where they may.  

 

I mean, its not rocket science.

 

OK, it is rocket science, but its not especially difficult rocket science. 

 

[RPM 26355]

Meh. I remember SkyLab.

[Jerry Callo 8731]

Good story to troll the "chicken littles" on Nextdoor.

[Sbbruin 21894]

Just now, Jerry Callo said:

Good story to troll the "chicken littles" on Nextdoor.

Genius.  "OMG, alert just went out that it is likely to hit somewhere in our neighborhood!!!!"

[Jerry Callo 8731]

Just now, Sbbruin said:

Genius.  "OMG, alert just went out that it is likely to hit somewhere in our neighborhood!!!!"

More subtle like "Our neighborhood is right in the path of the crashing space station . . ."

[Longhornstampede 3186]

4 hours ago, phdhorn said:

Please God....

NASA was just a little north in 2003

[Biff Tannen 45743]

3 hours ago, shakahorn said:

I was anticipating "a great big fat person" after the ellipses.

Also correct

[Fudge Nuggets 19227]

4 hours ago, Lobo said:

How come Bruce Willis and his team didn't horizontally drill on the meteor to break it up more effectively?  Is there a fracking ban on meteors or some shit?  Thanks a lot Obama! 

 

It’s not a meteor. 

[Damor 1237]

Statistically and historically speaking, the most likely location for uncontrolled rocket re-entry by far is @South Austin's mom.

[Sbbruin 21894]

4 minutes ago, Damor said:

Statistically and historically speaking, the most likely location for uncontrolled rocket re-entry by far is @South Austin's mom.

[Guest Lobo]

17 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

It’s not a meteor. 

Yeah, it’s part of a rocket.   We know, it’s all over the news today.  

[NeverMarryAStripper 21926]

What Bruce Willis and his team drilled on wasn't a meteor either.  It was an Asteroid.

[Js1 85584]

1 hour ago, Longhornstampede said:

NASA was just a little north in 2003

[atomheartbevo 89809]

3 hours ago, Longhornstampede said:

NASA was just a little north in 2003

[Rip76 4947]

Maybe it’s Pujols’ homerun in 2005 making a re-entry.  🤷🏽‍♂️

[Wiler77 1576]

7 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

Goddamn, I've been trying to think of movies from my childhood to watch with my 9 year old son.  How did I not think of this one?  Thanks for this.

[Bozo_Casanova 26569]

First Jewish Space Lasers and now this?

[Deej 76935]

Chinese rocket falls on you and an hour later you're ready for another one. 

[markstanco 12620]

First Jewish Space Lasers and now this?

The transition to butt stuff and large cranks is amazing huh?

[washparkhorn 9939]

3 minutes ago, markstanco said:

43 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

First Jewish Space Lasers and now this?

The transition to butt stuff and large cranks is amazing huh?

"One cannot spell subtext without buttsex."

[El Diablo 4232]

This rocket was no mistake, it's carrying a full load of COVID21. 

[Biff Tannen 45743]

28 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

This rocket was no mistake, it's carrying a full load of COVID21. 

Wait, what happened to Covid 20?

[CleverNickname 1321]

This is like super bowl squares, right? I got $5 on Africa.

[Hagbard Celine 10925]

$5 on new delhi

[Stinkpalm 689]

Gimme $5 on old delhi 

[RPM 26355]

Gimme $5 on Istanbul (Not Constantinople).

[Hagbard Celine 10925]

 

[RPM 26355]

Is that YT right? The damn thing is climbing about 3 km/min.

[Upgrayedd 5821]

53 minutes ago, RPM said:

Gimme $5 on Istanbul (Not Constantinople).

That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.

[Guest]

One vote for Golden Richards... but no way he catches it.

[Surly Bevo 25161]

It's going to land on Keith Richards head.  He will survive then burn one and take down a whiskey and water.

[BayouBill 835]

12 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Wait, what happened to Covid 20?

Chi-Coms play chess, not checkers.

[BayouBill 835]

Chinese chess*

[Guest Lobo]

Chinese Checkers is a racist provincial term, okay?

Now, if you'll excuse me---I have a tournament of Oriental Othello to prepare for.  It's reague night. 

 

[Eastwood 4394]

12 hours ago, RPM said:

Is that YT right? The damn thing is climbing about 3 km/min.

It's natural for an object in orbit to gain altitude as it reaches its apoapsis, which is the "highest" part of the orbit. Then the altitude decreases as it approaches the periapsis. If the periapsis is low enough to where the object in space encounters some drag by brushing against the atmosphere, that decreases the altitude for the entire orbit over time until the object gets completely snagged by the atmosphere and plummets to earth.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19146]

This thread...

https://tenor.com/6epJ.gif

[Pescado_Rojo 19429]

17 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Wait, what happened to Covid 20?

It’s an every other year thing...like my sex life

[Hagbard Celine 10925]

46 minutes ago, Eastwood said:

It's natural for an object in orbit to gain altitude as it reaches its apoapsis, which is the "highest" part of the orbit. Then the altitude decreases as it approaches the periapsis. If the periapsis is low enough to where the object in space encounters some drag by brushing against the atmosphere, that decreases the altitude for the entire orbit over time until the object gets completely snagged by the atmosphere and plummets to earth.

https://www.askdifference.com/apogee-vs-apoapsis/

[Eastwood 4394]

2 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

https://www.askdifference.com/apogee-vs-apoapsis/

So for satellites it is apogee and apoapsis applies to spacecraft? TIL.

[InkaUtexas 26130]

so we still betting on where it is going to land? I say Gulf of Mexico. 

[Hagbard Celine 10925]

istanbul or constantinople

[InkaUtexas 26130]

1 minute ago, Hagbard Celine said:

istanbul or constantinople

Why not both? 

[Hagbard Celine 10925]

the dude running the tracking vidcast has had to add a disclaimer to the projected landing zone:

"Impact expected in Pacific ocean - NO TSUNAMI"

[Mole 4333]

13 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

It’s an every other year thing

 

 

Edited May 8, 2021 by Mole

[elfenix 34333]

20 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Why not both? 

constantinople's been a long time gone

[RamjetFDO 10578]

So for satellites it is apogee and apoapsis applies to spacecraft? TIL.

Not exactly.

Apoapsis and periapsis are the generic terms.

*-gee means around Earth (perigee and apogee).

*-lune would be around the moon (perilune and apolune).

So, around Earth, both apogee and apoapsis are correct, but apogee is more specific for the body being orbited.

[washparkhorn 9939]

฿5: Somewhere on the road between Phuket and Bangkok.

[Red Five 40895]

 

 

[Armybrat 40918]

3 hours ago, RamjetFDO said:

Not exactly.

Apoapsis and periapsis are the generic terms.

*-gee means around Earth (perigee and apogee).

*-lune would be around the moon (perilune and apolune).

So, around Earth, both apogee and apoapsis are correct, but apogee is more specific for the body being orbited.

So, apoapsis is around your sister?