A Near Miss for New York City

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China test-launched its new single-stage Long March 5B rocket last Tuesday, propelling its cargo into orbit before the 20-ton core eventually fell back into the atmosphere, according to Ars Technica, a technology publication.



Space junk from a new Chinese rocket narrowly missed dropping down on New York City Monday night, according to a report, largely burning up in the atmosphere before some of the debris survived long enough to slam into West Africa.

The doomed core passed right over New York City, Ars reported -- and if re-entry had been just a few minutes earlier, debris could reportedly have showered the Big Apple.

Source: Chinese space junk narrowly missed hitting New York City, report says

One-stage rocket? Interesting concept. But, as the experiment showed, rather unsafe.
I'm much more into Musk's controlled landing of separated stages.

The Ars Technica article they refer to:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05 ... 5-minutes/

Everything is a near (or not) miss for New York City. It's like the whole universe wants to take it out.

Where in New York do they keep this big apple?

You will hafta ask the "big cheese".

Or... "the Big Enchalada" about it.

Don't ask the "Big Cheeto"; he's too busy tweeting.