An out-of-control Chinese rocket is hurtling back to Earth

An out-of-control Chinese rocket is hurtling back to Earth(abc.net.au)

6 points by tomcdonnell 5 years ago | 1 comment

Normille 5 years ago |

It's fun to compare the headlines when these things happen involving US, Chinese or Russian space vehicles.

Those nasty Chinese and Russian ones are inevitably "hurtling" and "out of control" while the US ones are "falling" [or, in one headline I saw "retiring by falling"] and are nearly always expected to burn up "safely".

Normille 5 years ago |

It's fun to compare the headlines when these things happen involving US, Chinese or Russian space vehicles.

Those nasty Chinese and Russian ones are inevitably "hurtling" and "out of control" while the US ones are "falling" [or, in one headline I saw "retiring by falling"] and are nearly always expected to burn up "safely".