Deep Space Drones

Last month, China successfully launched a new space station, the Tiāngōng 2 which means "Heavenly Palace 2". It's 47 feet long and 14 feet wide, designed for a crew of 2, with life support for 30 days.  It's a prototype, part of the People's Republic of China's goal to create a third generation space station similar to the Russian Mir space station.  The Soviet Union built Mir in space over 10 years between 1986 and 1996. Mir was de-orbited in a controlled manner.  This space station is iteration 2 of Tiāngōng 1. Unlike the Mir, this baby coming back down to Earth out of control.  That's right, a year from now the weather prediction somewhere on Earth will be chance of rain of steel. Make sure to dress properly.  Yeah, the odds of hitting a populated area is low.   If you are going to launch something into space, you should probably consider, and maybe even plan for where your junk is going to go.  As of July 2013, there are over 170 million objects orbiting the earth that are under a centimete