The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Space => Topic started by: Elderberry on July 13, 2017, 10:00:00 pm
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leonarddavid.com by Leonard David 7/13/2017
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) has reissued a notification by China on the future uncontrolled re-entry of the country’s Tiangong-1 space lab.
On March 16, 2016, the Tiangong-1 ceased functioning and to date the spacecraft has maintained its structural integrity.
The space lab’s operational orbit is under constant and close surveillance by China. Its current average altitude is 217 miles (349 kilometers) and it is decaying at a daily rate of approximately 525 feet (160 meters), according to the notification.
Re-entry date
The lab’s re-entry is expected between October 2017 and April 2018. According to the calculations and analysis that have been carried out, most of the structural components of Tiangong-1 will be destroyed through burning during the course of its re-entry.
“The probability of endangering and causing damage to aviation and ground activities is very low,” the notification adds.
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Reminds me of the party we had in the summer of 79 in honor of SkyLab crashing to earth.
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Tangentially, "UNOOSA" seems like a very silly name for a governmental agency, even if it is a U.N. agency.
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Reminds me of the party we had in the summer of 79 in honor of SkyLab crashing to earth.
We did the same in college. Had a great big parking lot jungle juice party and guests were given caps with bullseyes on them.
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Tangentially, "UNOOSA" seems like a very silly name for a governmental agency, even if it is a U.N. agency.
If you search on-line you will see UNOOSA is headed up by Space Craft Trajectory Specialist, Prof. Wi Too Lo and his assistant for crash data gathering is Bang Ding Ow.
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If you search on-line you will see UNOOSA is headed up by Space Craft Trajectory Specialist, Prof. Wi Too Lo and his assistant for crash data gathering is Bang Ding Ow.
Considering it's a U.N. agency, that wouldn't surprise me at all! :tongue2:
(Yes, I recognized the names...)
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Considering it's a U.N. agency, that wouldn't surprise me at all! :tongue2:
(Yes, I recognized the names...)
Of course you did! 888high58888
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If you search on-line you will see UNOOSA is headed up by Space Craft Trajectory Specialist, Prof. Wi Too Lo and his assistant for crash data gathering is Bang Ding Ow.
I'm a connoisseur of fine pranks. This one and the NTSB intern belong in the Pranksters HOF.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmclgO6w0C0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmclgO6w0C0)
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We did the same in college. Had a great big parking lot jungle juice party and guests were given caps with bullseyes on them.
LOL. Too Funny. If you ever saw Dazed And Confused.... Imagine that party out in the country.... but at ours everyone wore Hard Hats!
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I'm a connoisseur of fine pranks. This one and the NTSB intern belong in the Pranksters HOF.
Her straight-faced reading of the "names" is what really elevates it to HOF status in my book! :silly:
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LOL. Too Funny. If you ever saw Dazed And Confused.... Imagine that party out in the country.... but at ours everyone wore Hard Hats!
Yep, same here. my little corner of Texas was just like Dazed and Confused. That movie was incredibly accurate. Clothes, language, mannerisms. It was like gong back into time.
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Her straight-faced reading of the "names" is what really elevates it to HOF status in my book! :silly:
Another HOF favorite of mine. ....phone style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6a-CZMrVAg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6a-CZMrVAg)
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Her straight-faced reading of the "names" is what really elevates it to HOF status in my book! :silly:
Don Henley nailed it:
We got the bubble headed
Bleached blonde
Comes on at five
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash
With a gleam in her eye
It's interesting when people die.....
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We did the same in college. Had a great big parking lot jungle juice party and guests were given caps with bullseyes on them.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3aQAAOSwkNZUje0W/s-l1600.jpg)
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(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3aQAAOSwkNZUje0W/s-l1600.jpg)
LOL...wish we would have had those. But being poor college students we were stuck with cheap white baseball caps and a red magic marker.
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If you search on-line you will see UNOOSA is headed up by Space Craft Trajectory Specialist, Prof. Wi Too Lo and his assistant for crash data gathering is Bang Ding Ow.
What happened to Dr. Sum Ting Wong? Did he leave the organization?
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Yep, same here. my little corner of Texas was just like Dazed and Confused. That movie was incredibly accurate. Clothes, language, mannerisms. It was like gong back into time.
@catfish1957
I forget his handle but the actor that played the football coach in Dazed & Confused was a Freeper.
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What happened to Dr. Sum Ting Wong? Did he leave the organization?
He's on loan to the ATC.
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Reminds me of the party we had in the summer of 79 in honor of SkyLab crashing to earth.
That bummed me out because I couldn't get into Mission Control during that time. Only mission-critical personnel were allowed.
Everyone thought it was totally uncontrolled re-entry, but in reality they had some control over where to let it drop and it wasn't as big a risk as people thought.
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...The lab’s re-entry is expected between October 2017 and April 2018. According to the calculations and analysis that have been carried out, most of the structural components of Tiangong-1 will be destroyed through burning during the course of its re-entry. "The probability of endangering and causing damage to aviation and ground activities is very low," the notification adds.
Ideally, it'll crash on the Grand Mosque in Mecca.