Although the out-of-control Chinese rocket has plunged back to Earth and debris has landed in the Indian Ocean, some Kiwis have expressed their "disappointment" it didn't touch down closer to New Zealand.
Remnants of Long March 5B re-entered Earth's atmosphere at 2:24pm on Sunday (NZ time) and landed west of the Maldives, Chinese state media reported.
New Zealand was one of the countries debris from the rocket was predicted to land on. After remnants made contact with Earth, some Kiwis expressed their slight unhappiness that parts of the rocket didn't land in New Zealand - and so the memes ensued.
"Is it weird that I'm disappointed that #LongMarch5B didn't land closer to New Zealand?" one person asked on Twitter, sharing an image of the location China reports the debris landed.
"Rockets can't afford to land in Wellington," another said.
One letdown several users brought up was Kiwis can't ask the rocket that age-old question - what it thinks of New Zealand.
"The smouldering wreckage of a 20-ton rocket chunk that has just obliterated my house. Journalists and photographers press against the police cordon. A reporter steps forward, points a microphone to a protruding shard of twisted metal. 'So... what do you think about New Zealand?'" one person tweeted.
Others pointed out the "inconvenience" if the rocket had landed in New Zealand.
"It would be very disappointing if it lands on my place before I have finished the cheesecake in the fridge," one said.
"It would be really inconvenient for my house to be hit by a satellite on a Sunday when the metal recyclers are closed," another wrote.
Many people around the world were looking warily towards the sky since the Long March 5B took off from China's Hainan island on April 29. Its launch last week was the second deployment of the 5B variant since its first flight in May last year.
In 2020, pieces from the first Long march fell on the Ivory Coast and damaged several buildings, but no injuries were reported.
