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ONCE
AGAIN INDIA HAD 4,100 DEATHS FROM COVID YESTERDAY. AND NOW THE ROCKET
JUNK LANDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.COULD ALL THE FALSE INDIAN GODS BELIEF IN
INDIA BEING JUDGED BY GOD TO COME TO THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD JESUS
CHRIST.THE ONLY WAY TO SALVATION-NO OTHER.
CHINESE ROCKET IN INDIAN OCEAN
China's
Rocket Debris Crashes Back to Earth, Lands in the Indian Ocean Near the
Maldives-Jason Duaine Hahn-Sun, May 9, 2021, 12:30 Am
A large
portion of a Chinese space rocket that began falling uncontrollably back
to Earth has finally crashed.Debris landed in the Indian Ocean near the
Maldives, China's space administration announced according to the New
York Times, which reported that the bulk of its components was destroyed
upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere."U.S. Space Command can
confirm the Chinese Long March 5B re-entered over the Arabian Peninsula
at approximately 10:15 p.m. EDT on May 8. It is unknown if the debris
impacted land or water," the U.S. Space Command said in a statement.The
coordinates, citing the China Manned Space Engineering Office, located
the point of impact west of the Maldives archipelago, Reuters
reported.The rocket carried the main module of the Tianhe space station
into orbit on April 29, the Associated Press reported.#USSPACECOM does
not conduct direct notifications to individual governments. The exact
location of the impact & the span of debris, both of which are
unknown at this time, will not be released by USSPACECOM. — U.S. Space
Command (@US_SpaceCom) May 9, 2021-The 23-ton section of the Long March
5B rocket captured the attention of the U.S. government and curious
astronomers after researchers had difficulty pinpointing where its
wreckage would crash.While rockets flown into space are typically guided
into Earth's atmosphere to burn up in a controlled demolition, the Long
March 5B did not go through that process, according to the AP.While
there was some concern that the rocket could pose a threat to humans,
officials agreed it would most likely end up somewhere in the
ocean."We're hopeful that it will land in a place where it won't harm
anyone," U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said ahead of the space
debris reentry, according to BBC. "Hopefully in the ocean, or someplace
like that."Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell told CNN the chance anyone
would have been hit by the wreckage was small."I don't think people
should take precautions," he said before the crash. "The risk that there
will be some damage or that it would hit someone is pretty small — not
negligible, it could happen — but the risk that it will hit you is
incredibly tiny. And so I would not lose one second of sleep over this
on a personal threat basis," he said."There are much bigger things to
worry about," McDowell added.McDowell, who works at the Center for
Astrophysics, said the rocket was traveling at a blistering 18,000 miles
per hour, which made it difficult for researchers to estimate where it
would enter Earth's atmosphere.McDowell also criticized the Chinese
government for their handling of the situation."I think it's negligent
of them," he told the New York Times. "I think it's irresponsible."While
the chances of the debris hurting or killing anyone were slim, there
have been close calls in the past.According to LiveScience, a Chinese
rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere in May 2020 only partially burned
up when making its descent. The South China Morning Post said some of
the rocket's debris crashed into inhabited villages in the Ivory Coast,
but no deaths were reported.
USA TODAY-After days of
uncertainty, Chinese rocket reenters atmosphere over Indian Ocean-Doyle
Rice, Rick Jervis and Joel Shannon, USA TODAY MAY9,21
Debris from
a huge section of a Chinese Long March 5B rocket reentered the Earth's
atmosphere over the Indian Ocean near the Maldives, China's space agency
said.U.S. has 'no plans' to shoot down Chinese rocket hurtling back to
Earth-usa today.The U.S. Space Command said it could confirm that the
rocket reentered over the Arabian Peninsula at about 10:15 p.m. EDT, but
that "it is unknown if the debris impacted land or water."#USSPACECOM
can confirm Chinese #LongMarch5B re-entered over the Arabian Peninsula
at approximately 10:15 pm EDT on May 8. It is unknown if the debris
impacted land or water. https://t.co/4Ol9Sa2iJo— U.S. Space Command
(@US_SpaceCom) May 9, 2021-The news comes after days of uncertainty,
with experts saying the rocket's size and speed made it nearly
impossible to pinpoint what might happen as it fell to earth. The
section was roughly 100 feet long and and is among the biggest pieces of
space debris to fall to Earth.a close up of smoke: The Chinese rocket
is 176 feet tall, which is bigger than the Statue of Liberty in New
York. © Provided by USA TODAY The Chinese rocket is 176 feet tall, which
is bigger than the Statue of Liberty in New York.Start the day smarter.
Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.The debris came
from the largest section of the rocket, which launched the main module
of China’s first permanent space station into orbit. Usually, discarded
rocket stages reenter the atmosphere soon after liftoff, normally over
water, and don’t go into orbit.On Saturday, models and visualizations
from various space research organizations showed the debris could land
along numerous flight paths crossing the globe. Australia, Africa, parts
of Europe, South America, Central America and the U.S. were all under
possible reentry zones, according to Aerospace Corporation, a
California-based non-profit group that operates a space research and
development center.Friday, China tried to ease global fears by saying
the rocket was expected to mostly burn up on reentry and posed little
threat to people and property on the ground.The Long March 5B rocket
carrying China's Tianhe space station core module lifted off from the
Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan province April
29, 2021. Known as the Heavenly Harmony, the space station will be
China's first to host astronauts long-term.China plans 10 more launches
to carry additional parts of the space station into orbit.It's not the
first rocket to fall to the earth in recent memory. Last year, part of a
Chinese rocket, one of the largest pieces of uncontrolled space debris
ever, passed directly over Los Angeles and Central Park in New York City
before landing in the Atlantic Ocean, CNN reported.The 18-ton rocket
that fell last May was the heaviest debris to fall uncontrolled since
the Soviet space station Salyut 7 in 1991.China’s first space station,
Tiangong-1, crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2016 after Beijing
confirmed it had lost control. In 2019, the space agency controlled the
demolition of its second station, Tiangong-2, in the
atmosphere.Contributing: The Associated Press.This article originally
appeared on USA TODAY: After days of uncertainty, Chinese rocket
reenters atmosphere over Indian Ocean.
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