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      05-08-2021, 10:54 PM   #45
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Splashed down in the Indian Ocean somewhere?
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What was left of it crashed into the Indian Ocean SW of Sri Lanka. No reports of casualties or damage.
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What was left of it crashed into the Indian Ocean SW of Sri Lanka. No reports of casualties or damage.
I bet the lead paint they used on the thing stood up to re-entry and is now polluting the Indian Ocean.
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I bet the lead paint they used on the thing stood up to re-entry and is now polluting the Indian Ocean.
In the report I read they said when a similar core returned to earth a year ago piping assumed to be from the rocket was found on the ground in Ivory Coast,W Africa.
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I haven't seen the official latitude/longitude coordinates yet, but suspect that it was in/near Maidenhead grid box MJ if anyone was playing Chinese Rocket Booster Crash Bingo.....
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The shitty thing is China plans to do many more of these to continue taking stuff up to their space station. I think they offer "take-out" there.
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I was kind've wanting to hear some Donnie Darko type stuff with this rocket debris, lol.
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