Old School 360 Posted May 4, 2021 Got to love those whacky Chinese. This time it’s a rocket, circling the earth, out of control and estimated to come back down to earth in the next week or so. It may, or may not come down in an inhabited area. Wouldn’t be the first time apparently.  https://apple.news/AuioK4y-lTROJcw8c4yK0jQ  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,617 Posted May 4, 2021 Uncontrolled my Aunt Fanny. It'll 'accidentally' crash into Tawain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,617 Posted May 4, 2021 Wait until general Tso finds out they took his rocket for a spin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,079 Posted May 4, 2021 I'm so sick and tired of China. Fock them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tree of Knowledge 792 Posted May 4, 2021 This is what happens when your spies didn’t realize the NASA rocket plans they stole were on double sided paper.  1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,516 Posted May 4, 2021 On top of that last night I didn't get the free appetizer that usually comes with my order 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGotWorms 3,249 Posted May 4, 2021 Wouldn’t that be an absurd way to go? Blasted by a third-rate rocket piece randomly falling on your house/car/office/head Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,617 Posted May 4, 2021 Scientist s expected the rocket to land with a thud. Â instead it landed with a chink 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustinCharge 2,397 Posted May 4, 2021 If you think this is bad, in 1978, the Soviets crashed a satellite into Canada. The thing is, it was NUCLEAR. It wound up scattering enriched uranium across 124,000 kilometers around the Great Slave Lake. It was the worst environmental space disaster in history. To this day were really not sure the extent of the cleanup and how much radioactive waste is out there. And no-one cares. https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1978-soviet-nuclear-satellite-crashes-in-canadian-north 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 4,499 Posted May 5, 2021 8 hours ago, JustinCharge said: If you think this is bad, in 1978, the Soviets crashed a satellite into Canada. The thing is, it was NUCLEAR. It wound up scattering enriched uranium across 124,000 kilometers around the Great Slave Lake. It was the worst environmental space disaster in history. To this day were really not sure the extent of the cleanup and how much radioactive waste is out there. And no-one cares. https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1978-soviet-nuclear-satellite-crashes-in-canadian-north I never heard of this. I suppose that I was too young at the time to care and it never came up since. Interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mookz 1,286 Posted May 5, 2021 8 hours ago, JustinCharge said: If you think this is bad, in 1978, the Soviets crashed a satellite into Canada. The thing is, it was NUCLEAR. It wound up scattering enriched uranium across 124,000 kilometers around the Great Slave Lake. It was the worst environmental space disaster in history. To this day were really not sure the extent of the cleanup and how much radioactive waste is out there. And no-one cares. https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1978-soviet-nuclear-satellite-crashes-in-canadian-north They'd mobilize pretty quick if they knew there was something called Great Slave Lake. I uhh... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,686 Posted May 5, 2021 Regarding Great Slave Lake: On January 24, 1978, a Soviet Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite, named Kosmos 954, built with an onboard nuclear reactor fell from orbit and disintegrated. Pieces of the nuclear core fell in the vicinity of Great Slave Lake. Almost all of the nuclear debris was recovered by a joint Canadian Armed Forces and United States Armed Forces military operation called Operation Morning Light. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites