Chinese rocket core that’s expected to crash somewhere on Earth this weekend, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.Austin said on Thursday that the U.S.
will not intervene to stop the 21-tonne, 30-metre-long piece of space debris, despite the long-shot risk that it might crash into an inhabited area somewhere on the planet.
The exact crash point will not be known until a few hours before it hits.“We have the capability to do a lot of things, but we don’t have a plan to shoot it down as we speak,” Austin told reporters. “We’re hopeful that it will land in a place where it won’t harm anyone — hopefully in the ocean or someplace like that.” Huge Chinese rocket core falling ‘out of control’ back to Earth The rocket core is the largest.