Something huge is about to smash into Earth
Good, it’s probably what we deserve…Oh, that thing:
Authorities are well aware that China’s Tiangong-1 space station is doomed and will eventually end up crashing back to Earth. And there is some concern, however small, that chunks of it could fall in populated areas in Southeast Asia.
China’s space agency says that the chance that the decommissioned space station would hit somewhere in Thailand is only about 0.1 percent. Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace 1, is the first space laboratory ever built by China and was launched back in 2011 to carry out some initial experiments that would pave the way for a permanent Chinese space station on the order of the International Space Station sometime in 2023.