{"id":3440,"date":"2021-05-09T20:42:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2021-05-17T13:03:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T18:03:26","slug":"nasa-criticizes-chinas-handling-of-rocket-re-entry-as-debris-lands-near-maldives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/?p=3440","title":{"rendered":"NASA slams China&#8217;s handling of rocket re-entry as debris lands near Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" autoplay controls poster=\"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desktopavc_NASA-criticizes-Chinas-handling-of-rocket-re-entry-as-debris-lands-near-Maldives-CNN.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA has lambasted China for its failure to &#8220;meet responsible standards&#8221; after debris from its out-of-control rocket likely&nbsp;plunged&nbsp;into the Indian Ocean Saturday night.&#8221; Spacefaring nations must minimize the risks to people and property on Earth of re-entries of space objects and maximize transparency regarding those operations,&#8221; said NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson in a statement released on the space agency&#8217;s website Sunday. &#8220;China is failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris,&#8221; he added. Most of the huge Long March 5B rocket, however, burned up on reentering the atmosphere, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said in a post on WeChat, before landing just west of the Maldives. It was unclear if any debris had landed on the atoll nation. The US Space Command said the Long March 5B had reentered Earth over the Arabian Peninsula. Enter your email to sign up for the Wonder Theory newsletter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com\/cnn\/maps\/w_780\/map_bf74c0f8-a775-4b2c-8709-6972eac621f5_16x9.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, the international space community tries to avoid such scenarios. Most rockets used to lift satellites and other objects into space conduct more controlled reentries that aim for the ocean, or they&#8217;re left in so-called &#8220;graveyard&#8221; orbits that keep them in space for decades or centuries. But the Long March rocket is designed in a way that &#8220;leaves these big stages in low orbit,&#8221; said Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Astrophysics Center at Harvard University. In this case, it was impossible to be certain exactly when or where the booster would land.The European Space Agency had predicted a &#8220;risk zone&#8221; that encompassed &#8220;any portion of Earth&#8217;s surface between about 41.5N and 41.5S latitude&#8221; \u2014 which included virtually all of the Americas south of New York, all of Africa and Australia, parts of Asia south of Japan and Europe&#8217;s Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/05\/politics\/chinese-rocket-debris-space-earth-explainer-scn\/index.html\"><\/a>Chinese rocket debris is expected to crash into Earth soon. It&#8217;s not the first time. The threat to populated areas of land was not negligible, but fortunately the vast majority of Earth&#8217;s surface area is consumed by oceans, so the odds of avoiding a catastrophic run-in were slim. The rocket is one of the largest objects in recent memory to strike the Earth after falling out of orbit, following a&nbsp;2018 incident in which a piece of a Chinese space lab broke up over the Pacific Ocean&nbsp;and the 2020 reentry of an&nbsp;18-metric-ton Long March 5B rocket. Despite recent efforts to better regulate and mitigate space debris, Earth&#8217;s orbit is littered with hundreds of thousands of pieces of uncontrolled junk, most of which are smaller than 10 centimeters. Objects are constantly falling out of orbit, though most pieces burn up in the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere before having a chance to make an impact on the surface. 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