SPACE approximations to The about the date of his return and of the precise location are many experts that China has in fact lost control of her space station…
Tiangong-1, the first chinese laboratory in orbit since September 2011, would be out of control. Wu Ping, the director of the office of the engineering space in China, announced on Wednesday that Tiangong-1 had “completed its historic mission” in march last. Thus, the device could go to somewhere on Earth in the second half of the year 2017.
But the approximations of the director about the date of his return and of the precise location are many experts that China has in fact lost control of its space station, which would have otherwise technical problems and mechanical.
” On the basis of our calculations and analyses, most of the parts of the space laboratory will burn while falling in the atmosphere, ” said the head of china, as cited by news agency Xinhua. Tiangong-1 is currently in orbit at an average altitude of 370 km, and its fall should not cause any damage or disrupt the air traffic.
” It is impossible to predict where the debris of the space station will land “, nevertheless, believes Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist from Harvard (Usa) interviewed by The Guardian. In fact, it would take only a slight change in the atmospheric conditions to change the landing site is ” a continent to the other.”
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in addition, some pieces of the space station at least 100 kg, such as the engine, does consumeraient not during their entry into the atmosphere as a result of their density, ” says the specialist. However, the Washington Post reminds us that the earth’s population occupies only 2.9 % of the surface of the planet. The probability that the station chinese space crashed in an inhabited area is therefore very low.
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