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Space debris Australia: Piece of SpaceX capsule crashes to Earth in field
On July 30, Chinese rocket debris of the Long March 5, the largest rocket China had ever launched, reentered over the Indian Ocean and then crashed into the Sulu Sea - east of the Philippine island of Palawan in the north Pacific. Although China's space agency said most remains of the Long March 5 burnt in the atmosphere, space agencies of other nations did not deny the chance of a possible crash on populated areas. In this case, the remains of the giant rocket were too huge that they had been well tracked and predicted their reentry timing and location. However, when a large black object from a SpaceX capsule landed on a remote farm in New South Wales, Australia, it hadn’t been known until the farmer happened to find it weeks later. The farmer was quite excited to see space debris like that so close. Didn’t he worry about the chance of his house might have been hit by the debris? In fact, dozens more SpaceX satellites are feared to fall as the Sun is moving into a cycle of being more active. There seems to be another thing we need to worry about; the space environment.
Enjoy reading the article and learning about what could happen unexpectedly from the sky.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62414438
Space debris Australia: Piece of SpaceX capsule crashes to Earth in field
On July 30, Chinese rocket debris of the Long March 5, the largest rocket China had ever launched, reentered over the Indian Ocean and then crashed into the Sulu Sea - east of the Philippine island of Palawan in the north Pacific. Although China's space agency said most remains of the Long March 5 burnt in the atmosphere, space agencies of other nations did not deny the chance of a possible crash on populated areas. In this case, the remains of the giant rocket were too huge that they had been well tracked and predicted their reentry timing and location. However, when a large black object from a SpaceX capsule landed on a remote farm in New South Wales, Australia, it hadn’t been known until the farmer happened to find it weeks later. The farmer was quite excited to see space debris like that so close. Didn’t he worry about the chance of his house might have been hit by the debris? In fact, dozens more SpaceX satellites are feared to fall as the Sun is moving into a cycle of being more active. There seems to be another thing we need to worry about; the space environment.
Enjoy reading the article and learning about what could happen unexpectedly from the sky.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62414438
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