Des bouts d’une station spatiale chinoise risquent de tomber sur “plusieurs pays européens”
Il s’agit de parties du laboratoire spatial Tiangong-1, dont la Chine a perdu le contrôle en 2016.
The Chinese lost control of a part of the station in 2016.
Des bouts du laboratoire spatial Tiangong-1 pourraient tomber sur Terre, a annoncé l’ESA, le 6 novembre 2017. (LI JUNFENG / IMAGINECHINA / AFP)
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Des bouts d’une station spatiale pourraient bien tomber dans votre jardin. C’est ce qu’indique l’agence spatiale européenne (ESA), le 6 novembre sur son site(en anglais). Il s’agit de parties du laboratoire spatial Tiangong-1, dont la Chine a perdu le contrôle depuis septembre 2016. “L’appareil est maintenant à 300 km d’altitude en orbite, et va inévitablement se décomposer entre janvier et mars 2018 quand il rentrera” dans l’atmosphère, explique l’ESA.
Une large zone entre 43°N et 43°S
Pour Holger Krag, directeur du Bureau des débris spatiaux de l’ESA, la zone dans laquelle des bouts de l’appareil pourraient tomber se situe entre le 43e parallèle nord et le 43e parallèle sud. “Cela signifie que la rentrée pourra se produire sur n’importe quel point de la Terre entre ces latitudes, ce qui prend en compte plusieurs pays européens par exemple”, précise-t-il.
Et d’après la masse et la composition de la station chinoise, “il est possible que des parties résistent et atteignent la surface de la Terre”, prévient l’ESA. L’agence tient tout de même à rassurer : “Dans l’histoire des voyages spatiaux, les chutes de débris n’ont jamais fait de victimes.”
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
