Chinese Space Station Could Crash to Earth on Easter Weekend - Location of crash still a mystery

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[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks, that's super interesting.

Does the station have any directional control or thrusters at all? Or are all systems off?

[–]dowodnum 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Pretty sure I read that it's been abandoned and the fuel is frozen, and the solar panels will be one of the first things to fall off. So I doubt it.