Not to be a :LIB: pedant, but just some explanation. The space x debris has a control rocket on it that's supposed to direct the descent so it burns in atmosphere. The rocket malfunctioned somehow and hence the lightshow and crash of a fuel tank on a farm. The Long March doesn't have any descent control, the plan is afaik just let it fall and hope it lands in an ocean. Correct me please if you know more about rocket stuff.
Actually that's good you explained since I actually didn't know. Did The Long March have a planned trojectory to fall into the ocean or burn up, or are they actually neglectful enough to risk it falling on something?
I'd assume that they at least tried to get it close, it's not like it's hard to miss the ocean.
Also, the debris will be almost entirely burnt up upon re-entry. They even admit as much in the articles:
According to CBS News’ William Harwood, “a large portion of the rocket will burn up in the atmosphere and the odds of anyone or any specific community getting hit by surviving debris are remote.”
The booster stages for the Shuttles weren't controlled either. In fact most booster stages aren't controlled and are just dropped at high speed into the atmosphere to burn up.
Yeah, I have no doubts that the US media is actively fearmongering and blowing it up. It's really hard for me to find accurate information that doesn't hide behind a scary headline
They're running interference for Musk after his re-entry failure the other day. I'd honestly be more worried about a Musk rocket because they're supposed to be re-useable, so:
they won't burn up in the atmosphere and will be full sized (and partially fueled) when they hit
are meant to hit a landing pad, which means possibly passing over a populated area
Not that re-useable rockets are bad, but just shows how this is absolutely fearmonhering sinophobic "dumb chinese" trash.
Oh yeah for sure, it makes me furious. Showed it to someone and their first reaction was "yeah China just lets their space junk land whereever" rather than calling out elmo mosque and SpaceX.
I'm having a really hard time finding out. Two people on reddit said it had a control system that failed, but i cant find any articles that confirm, and the English Chinese news sites dont explain either. It is common for stuff to deorbit uncontrollably, but this rocket is quite large comparatively and wobbling a lot. It is still incredibly unlikely it hits anything.
Not to be a :LIB: pedant, but just some explanation. The space x debris has a control rocket on it that's supposed to direct the descent so it burns in atmosphere. The rocket malfunctioned somehow and hence the lightshow and crash of a fuel tank on a farm. The Long March doesn't have any descent control, the plan is afaik just let it fall and hope it lands in an ocean. Correct me please if you know more about rocket stuff.
Actually that's good you explained since I actually didn't know. Did The Long March have a planned trojectory to fall into the ocean or burn up, or are they actually neglectful enough to risk it falling on something?
I'd assume that they at least tried to get it close, it's not like it's hard to miss the ocean.
Also, the debris will be almost entirely burnt up upon re-entry. They even admit as much in the articles:
The booster stages for the Shuttles weren't controlled either. In fact most booster stages aren't controlled and are just dropped at high speed into the atmosphere to burn up.
Yeah, I have no doubts that the US media is actively fearmongering and blowing it up. It's really hard for me to find accurate information that doesn't hide behind a scary headline
They're running interference for Musk after his re-entry failure the other day. I'd honestly be more worried about a Musk rocket because they're supposed to be re-useable, so:
they won't burn up in the atmosphere and will be full sized (and partially fueled) when they hit
are meant to hit a landing pad, which means possibly passing over a populated area
Not that re-useable rockets are bad, but just shows how this is absolutely fearmonhering sinophobic "dumb chinese" trash.
Oh yeah for sure, it makes me furious. Showed it to someone and their first reaction was "yeah China just lets their space junk land whereever" rather than calling out elmo mosque and SpaceX.
I'm having a really hard time finding out. Two people on reddit said it had a control system that failed, but i cant find any articles that confirm, and the English Chinese news sites dont explain either. It is common for stuff to deorbit uncontrollably, but this rocket is quite large comparatively and wobbling a lot. It is still incredibly unlikely it hits anything.
Thanks for the effort in researching comrade (: