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LOOK OUT BELOW! CHINA’S HEAVY-LIFT ROCKET DUE FOR UNCONTROLLED REENTRY WITHIN DAYS
hackaday.com ^ | 04/30/2021 | Tom Nardi

Posted on 05/01/2021 5:51:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: algore

75% or so chance it crashes in water.
Wanna lay odds?


21 posted on 05/01/2021 6:16:24 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: BenLurkin

22 posted on 05/01/2021 6:18:00 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: algore

Murphy says, “A dropped tool will land where it will produce the most damage.”


23 posted on 05/01/2021 6:21:50 PM PDT by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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To: BenLurkin

this was one of the most important topics on Steve Bannon’s War-room this week:

2 May: UK Express: China eyes up Taiwan’s microchip factories amid invasion fears - ‘more valuable than oil’
CHINA is eyeing up Taiwan’s microchip industry amid a critical world shortage.
By OLIVER TRAPNELL
Taiwan is the largest global producer of microchips which power cars, phones and computers. China consumes more than half of the global supply of microchips but experts fear that the country could use military force to claim Taiwan’s supply and production one day.

Speaking to Fox News, Martijn Rasser, a senior fellow at the Washington-based think tank Center for a New American Security said microchips will be crucial for developing technology going forward.
He said: “Whoever controls the design and production of these microchips, they’ll set the course for the 21st century.
“By gaining control over Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, China would control the global market...

The global microchip shortage is expected to drive up the price of electronic devices in the upcoming year.

Last week, Jaguar Land Rover was forced to halt car production and Ford Motor Company is expected to produce 1.1 million fewer vehicles...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1430804/china-taiwan-microchips-industry-invasion-fears-value-military-news-ont


24 posted on 05/01/2021 6:22:55 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Veggie Todd

They dried that once ashton kucher answered


25 posted on 05/01/2021 6:37:58 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: BenLurkin

So this is what you do to cut corners technologically and
“catch up” by copying everyone elses work but cut out the hard stuff.... So what it crashes into a western city....


26 posted on 05/01/2021 6:38:28 PM PDT by The Sentient Sheep
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To: fidelis

Oh God I see it now hard hat mandates till its over


27 posted on 05/01/2021 6:39:29 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: BenLurkin

Looks like the orbit during the time of interest is over S America, Africa and S Asia.


28 posted on 05/01/2021 6:52:38 PM PDT by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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To: KC_Lion

This sounds like a job for...Space Force!


29 posted on 05/01/2021 7:09:20 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: BenLurkin

China has been polluting the water,ground and air now they’re polluting space above.


30 posted on 05/01/2021 7:09:50 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Army Air Corps

Or commander Quark.(No NOT the one from Star Trek.)


31 posted on 05/01/2021 7:12:58 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Pollard

Yeah. Boy that’d be a shame, huh? Not.


32 posted on 05/01/2021 7:15:15 PM PDT by jmacusa (The result of conformity is everyone will like you but yourself.)
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To: BenLurkin

Rockets keep falling on my head
And just like the guy who’s feet are too big for his bed
Everything is shirt
Those rockets are falling on my head they keep falling.


33 posted on 05/01/2021 7:15:43 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: al baby

Nah, New York state would be better. Preferably a direct hit on the home of Anklepants and cankles... You know-the pair that sold the commies all that missile targeting technology for campaign cash back in the 80’s.


34 posted on 05/01/2021 7:17:49 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Vsetko Umiera! Build the Wall and build it tall, then build a gallows and hang them ALL!)
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To: BenLurkin

My mask will protect me!


35 posted on 05/01/2021 7:18:24 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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36 posted on 05/01/2021 7:20:17 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: BiteYourSelf

37 posted on 05/01/2021 7:20:58 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: monkeyshine

ICWYDT

:)


38 posted on 05/01/2021 7:29:41 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: BiteYourSelf

So true.


39 posted on 05/01/2021 7:30:58 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: BiteYourSelf

Joe will straighten everything out as long as he has a teleprompter to read.


40 posted on 05/01/2021 7:38:23 PM PDT by chopperk ( )
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