DETROIT, MI (MPRN)-- Governor Rick Snyder is activating Michigan’s Emergency Operations Center to monitor a failing Chinese space station that could possibly hit portions of the state.
China lost control of an eight-and-a-half ton space station the size of a school bus, and it is making an uncontrolled re-entry to Earth. Experts believe most of the station will burn up in the atmosphere, but pieces of it could smash anywhere within a strip of land that includes part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
They predict it will most likely hit over the weekend.
Homeland Security officials in Michigan say they have protocols in place to respond to any damage. But researchers estimate the odds of being hit by part of the station are about one in one trillion. In fact, only one person has ever reported being hit by space debris—a piece that glanced off their shoulder.
The real danger could be if a person discovers any of the station debris on the ground. It could contain compounds that are highly toxic.