Contest: Guess when the Chinese Space Station Tiangong-1 will crash into Earth and Win 5 SBD
Rules are as followed:
1 - Guess the DAY and TIME + TIMEZONE the space station will crash down to earth. Make sure an add AM or PM or else I'll assume it's military time so 6:00 will be considered 6am not 6pm. If you don't specify the time zone either it will be counted as UTC time.
2 - One vote per account. Vote in the comments section.
3 - Followers only. Just follow me before you vote :)
4 - Closest to the date and time the space station crashes wins the prize.
Prize:
Winner receives 5 SBD. Paid approximately 24hrs after the contest closes.
Good luck everyone!
Here's an article on saying the when it might fall back to earth. They are estimating late April 1st or early April 2nd.
Chinese Space Station Could Crash to Earth Late Sunday or Early Monday
Quiet solar activity has once again pushed back the re-entry time for a China's falling space station, Tiangong-1, according to the European Space Agency (ESA) and U.S.-based analysis group Aerospace Corp.
The doomed Tiangong-1 is now expected to fall to Earth around 7:25 p.m. EDT (2325 GMT) on Sunday (April 1), with a window that could stretch into early Monday, officials with ESA's Space Debris Office said in an update this morning (March 31). As of 5 p.m. EDT today, Aerospace Corp., which is also tracking Tiangong-1, predicts Tiangong-1 will crash at 7:53 p.m. EDT (2353 GMT) Sunday, give or take 7 hours.
Tracking Url: https://www.space.com/32054-satellite-tracker.html
I've been checking out the tracking of this thing the last few days and it's still at 170-180km above the Earth and seems to be losing only 10-20 km per day. So personally I think it's going to crash after April 2nd but don't take my word on it i'm no expert.
Source: https://www.space.com/40163-chinese-space-station-crash-april-1-or-april-2.html
April 1, 8:50 p.m. EDT.
Congrats on winning. You were pretty damn close, 34mins off. 5 SBD will be coming to you tomorrow.
https://www.space.com/40101-china-space-station-tiangong-1-crashes.html
It finally came down eh. So much for chinese stuff. lol
Yaaaay!!!! First time I am grateful that the Chinese build crappy stuff! hehe
April 1, 7:30 pm EDT.
NOTE TO EVERYONE: Voting will end April 1st 4pm EST(a couple of hours before the earliest projected crash). I can't have people watching the tracking and waiting until the very end to cast a vote.
Thanks all.
04/02 @ 04:02am - CST
April 1,09:05 AM
April 2 at 4am central time.
April 2, 11:43 PM EDT
3 days 6 hrs 21min 3sec
from now
It doesn't crash at all, for the whole space / satellite program is a hoaxy fairytale. Wake up!
OMG it's crashing?! why is that?
It's made in China what did you expect. lol
hahahaha funny you @wakeupnd