Monday a gigantic piece of a Chinese Long March 2D rocket plummeted back down to Earth and lodged itself in a crop in the northwestern province of Gansu.
Keep an eye on the skies!
Monday a gigantic piece of a Chinese Long March 2D rocket plummeted back down to Earth and lodged itself in a crop in the northwestern province of Gansu.
Eideard 
Reportedly the first stage of Long March 2D expendable launch system rockets are 27.91 meters (91.57 ft) long and their second stages are 10.9 meters in length.
The piece of a first stage of this rocket that was photographed after it crashed into a Chinese field earlier this week is described as sticking ‘some 20 to 30 feet’ out of some freshly tilled soil. (click image to enlarge – note red markings)
(p/s: this morning the remnants of a slightly larger Long March 5D rocket booster plunged uncontrolled back to Earth, an event decried in the West as an irresponsibly risky move by the China National Space Administration)