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Am I reading this correctly that this is gonna fall over lots of populated areas?
by seventytwo 4y ago
Am I reading this correctly that this is gonna fall over lots of populated areas?
- tgv 4y agoIf I interpret it properly, most of the path is over the ocean. Debris might still hit Indonesia though.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoChina is known for dropping rocket boosters on their own towns fairly regularly. For instance: https://twitter.com/ChinaSpaceNews/status/637174369677123584 https://twitter.com/ChinaSpaceNews/status/637174369677123584 With China situated where it is, this sort of thing is hard for them to avoid. Probably they want to eventually switch to fully reusable rockets, but that's a touch nut to crack.
- ARandomerDude 4y ago> With China situated where it is, this sort of thing is hard for them to avoid. Sea launch or contract launch sites are good ways to avoid it.
- bpodgursky 4y agoMaybe I'm missing something, but China has an enormous east-facing coastline. Why not launch from Hainan over the Pacific? It's basically Florida but better-situated.
- Jabbles 4y agoYou'd have to build the rocket on the island, or transport the rocket to the island for launch. Neither is impossible, but it's a lot easier to build and launch from the mainland.
- bpodgursky 4y agoI mean sure, you could use the southern tip of Guangdong instead. I just don't see a technical advantage* to launching inland. * of course I see a military advantage where foreign countries can't recover your technology on failed launches...
- tjpnz 4y agoIf they launched from Hainan there would also be benefits in terms of Earth's higher rotational speed. Some of the weight saved on fuel could go towards additional payload capacity.
- dudeinjapan 4y ago
- mlindner 4y agoThe curve shown is the entire uncertainty bar on the location. It's +/- 1 hour of the center.