wp-plugin-hostgator domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114ol-scrapes domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/28\/23280497\/china-long-march-5b-uncontrolled-rocket-reentry<\/a> Sometime this weekend, a massive booster from a Chinese rocket will begin <\/strong>an uncontrolled fall back to Earth from space \u2014 and because of its considerable size and weight, parts of it may survive the descent through our planet\u2019s atmosphere and hit the ground. The chances of the rocket hitting anyone and killing them are exceedingly rare, but a similar falling Chinese rocket last year sparked <\/strong>major concern worldwide, which means this rocket will probably do the same. <\/p>\n The booster is part of a Long March 5B rocket, which launched on July 24th, sending a new module into orbit for China\u2019s growing Tiangong space station<\/a>. After the giant rocket reaches space, it sheds a fairly massive part of itself: its core booster. This booster sticks around in orbit, lapping the planet before eventually falling back to Earth. Since the rocket part is more than 100 feet long and more than 22 tons in weight, it\u2019s possible that up to 9 tons\u2019 worth of material could survive the fall.<\/p>\n Space trackers are doing their best to predict exactly when and where the Long March 5B booster will come down. The situation closely mimics that of last year\u2019s global scare over an uncontrolled Chinese rocket<\/a> that fell back to Earth, as well as a similar uncontrolled reentry in 2020<\/a>. Both of those instances also involved a core booster from China\u2019s Long March 5B, which does not have the capability of disposing of itself in a controlled manner. Fortunately, last year, the rocket came down in the sparsely populated Indian Ocean, but in 2020, that falling rocket did dump debris off of the Ivory Coast, sending metal pipes and other objects into villages without causing any injuries.<\/p>\n
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