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Imagine the headlines if this was Chinese or North Korean. Indian though.

by Dah00n 3y ago

olliej 3y ago
Well North Korea doesn’t have a space program, and debris from chinas rockets have been found before as well. Ditto for US, EU, … So what is your point?
- Dah00n 3y ago
  Eh, yes they do? They have 2-3 satellites they launched themselves way back in 2015 or so. My point was that a Chinese weather balloon caused diplomatic reactions still not rolled back today and a military operation to shoot it down, and when China launches a rocket it is alway doom and gloom about its path and the debris. You know very well how MSM scream when something is Chinese.
  - the_third_wave 3y ago
    > My point was that a Chinese weather balloon caused diplomatic reactions No, a Chinese airborne reconnaissance platform - in the press quickly dubbed 'spy balloon' - caused diplomatic reactions, as well it should. The problems would have been averted had the USA authorities reacted when the thing entered their airspace instead of when it was about to leave it - surely China would not object to having their 'blown off-course weather balloon' taken down before it could crash on a school bus full of children? - but that is another story. China does have a problem with spent stages from its rockets falling down on land but the victims mostly reside in China itself due to the location of the launch bases and the launch trajectories, e.g. Long March 2C first stage crashes in village: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6n7t3s?syndication=273844 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6n7t3s?syndication=273844 Long March 4B first stage crashes next to school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjlB48N7Tus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjlB48N7Tus China's rocket dropping habit, Chinese rockets are frequently launched over populated areas - sometimes crashing into towns and villages. This video looks at why China began doing this in the first place and how developing reusable rockets might fix this issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2CRwVgqHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2CRwVgqHA China Tries To Solve Its Rocket Debris Problem Warnings aren't enough, but reusable rockets might be https://spectrum.ieee.org/chinas-rocket-debris-problem https://spectrum.ieee.org/chinas-rocket-debris-problem

Imagine the headlines if this was Chinese or North Korean. Indian though.

by Dah00n 3y ago

Imagine the headlines if this was Chinese or North Korean. Indian though.

Well North Korea doesn’t have a space program, and debris from chinas rockets have been found before as well. Ditto for US, EU, … So what is your point?

Dah00n 3y ago
Eh, yes they do? They have 2-3 satellites they launched themselves way back in 2015 or so. My point was that a Chinese weather balloon caused diplomatic reactions still not rolled back today and a military operation to shoot it down, and when China launches a rocket it is alway doom and gloom about its path and the debris. You know very well how MSM scream when something is Chinese.
- the_third_wave 3y ago
  > My point was that a Chinese weather balloon caused diplomatic reactions No, a Chinese airborne reconnaissance platform - in the press quickly dubbed 'spy balloon' - caused diplomatic reactions, as well it should. The problems would have been averted had the USA authorities reacted when the thing entered their airspace instead of when it was about to leave it - surely China would not object to having their 'blown off-course weather balloon' taken down before it could crash on a school bus full of children? - but that is another story. China does have a problem with spent stages from its rockets falling down on land but the victims mostly reside in China itself due to the location of the launch bases and the launch trajectories, e.g. Long March 2C first stage crashes in village: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6n7t3s?syndication=273844 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6n7t3s?syndication=273844 Long March 4B first stage crashes next to school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjlB48N7Tus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjlB48N7Tus China's rocket dropping habit, Chinese rockets are frequently launched over populated areas - sometimes crashing into towns and villages. This video looks at why China began doing this in the first place and how developing reusable rockets might fix this issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2CRwVgqHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2CRwVgqHA China Tries To Solve Its Rocket Debris Problem Warnings aren't enough, but reusable rockets might be https://spectrum.ieee.org/chinas-rocket-debris-problem https://spectrum.ieee.org/chinas-rocket-debris-problem