1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. SCI.ASTRO.AMATEUR

  • That Crashing Booster

    From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 31 06:31:41 2022
    Fortunately, the debris from the Long March 5B booster fell to the Earth in
    the Indian Ocean, disturbing nobody but the fishes.
    But when I saw the map here

    https://www.space.com/chinese-rocket-booster-third-uncontrolled-reentry

    of where the debris was most likely to hit Earth, coverage which only
    mentioned that debris might hit Mexico or even the United States seemed
    biased.

    There was a chance that debris could hit Java. And indeed, there was some chance that it could hit Mexico.

    But the biggest area where the booster's orbital track passed over land involved Brazil (just north of Ecuador, which was missed), Paraguay, Bolivia, and Peru. Those were the countries that stood a good chance of being hit,
    and none of them were mentioned at all.

    John Savard

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From palsing@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Sun Jul 31 08:24:17 2022
    On Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 6:31:42 AM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
    Fortunately, the debris from the Long March 5B booster fell to the Earth in the Indian Ocean, disturbing nobody but the fishes.
    But when I saw the map here

    https://www.space.com/chinese-rocket-booster-third-uncontrolled-reentry

    of where the debris was most likely to hit Earth, coverage which only mentioned that debris might hit Mexico or even the United States seemed biased.

    There was a chance that debris could hit Java. And indeed, there was some chance that it could hit Mexico.

    But the biggest area where the booster's orbital track passed over land involved Brazil (just north of Ecuador, which was missed), Paraguay, Bolivia, and Peru. Those were the countries that stood a good chance of being hit,
    and none of them were mentioned at all.

    John Savard

    Update...

    https://www.space.com/chinese-long-march-5b-rocket-space-debris-crash

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)