The Aerospace Corporation notes that ‘over 88 percent of the world’s population’ lives under the potential impact zone.
Current estimates say it will crash on July 30, and its estimated crash zone includes largely populated areas.Debris from China’s uncontrolled Long March 5B rocket stage reentry will crash into Earth in the coming days.on Sunday, July 24, and now the core stage is orbiting Earth. It has no means to perform a controlled reentry, meaning it will hurtle into Earth's atmosphere at a currently unknown location.
It’s unlikely the rocket will damage property or people, though it’s not completely out of the question either. “There is a small risk of property damage from a few tons of metal flying through the air at 100 mph or more,” Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics, operated by Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution, told IE over email.Be the first to read our latest stories, analysis, and trend-spotting on tech from every corner on earth.
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