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This kind of event is highly irresponsible, and let's be clear their space program decided for it to fall in or around where the video was taken. Utterly reckle

This kind of event is highly irresponsible, and let's be clear their space program decided for it to fall in or around where the video was taken. Utterly reckless.

londons_explore 3y ago
In this case that recklessness paid off... Nobody was killed or injured, and they probably gain far more from being able to inspect the used booster than the cost of cleanup/replanting a tree or two.
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- Thorrez 3y ago
  It looks like it exploded when it landed. How inspectable will it be?
- dh2022 3y ago
  The fact that nobody was injured does not make it any less reckless...
- abracadaniel 3y ago
  Does spreading incredibly carcinogenic compounds in a populated area count as injury? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic_propellant#Disadvantages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic_propellant#Disadvan...
- elsonrodriguez 3y ago
  This line of reasoning is often heard on a crowded lake after a close call with a boat.
  - mynameisnoone 3y ago
    It's the reasoning of Idiocracy / Darwin Award candidates.
  - youainti 3y ago
    If its stupid and it works, its still stupid and you're lucky. Maxim 43 https://schlockmercenary.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seventy_Maxims_of_Maximally_Effective_Mercenaries https://schlockmercenary.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seventy_Maxims_...
- perihelions 3y ago
  - "Nobody was killed or injured" We have no possible way of knowing that, given this is Communist China with a press-freedom index of approximately -∞, and a *documented history* [0] of concealing and covering up politically-inconvenient mass casualty events, including, very specifically, government rocket boosters landing on civilians. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708 - "The nature and extent of the damage remain a subject of dispute. The Chinese government, through its official Xinhua news agency, reported that six people were killed and 57 injured. Western media speculated that between a few dozen and 500 people might have been killed in the crash; "dozens, if not hundreds", of people were seen to gather outside the centre's main gate near the crash site the night before launch.[4] When reporters were being taken away from the site, they found that most buildings had sustained serious damage or had been flattened completely.[4] Some eyewitnesses were noted as having seen dozens of ambulances and many flatbed trucks, loaded with what could have been human remains, being taken to the local hospital.[4]"
- matheusmoreira 3y ago
  That's quite the Kerbal approach to space program safety you've got there.
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This kind of event is highly irresponsible, and let's be clear their space program decided for it to fall in or around where the video was taken. Utterly reckless.

londons_explore 3y ago

In this case that recklessness paid off... Nobody was killed or injured, and they probably gain far more from being able to inspect the used booster than the cost of cleanup/replanting a tree or two.

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Thorrez 3y ago
It looks like it exploded when it landed. How inspectable will it be?
dh2022 3y ago
The fact that nobody was injured does not make it any less reckless...
abracadaniel 3y ago
Does spreading incredibly carcinogenic compounds in a populated area count as injury? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic_propellant#Disadvantages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic_propellant#Disadvan...
elsonrodriguez 3y ago
This line of reasoning is often heard on a crowded lake after a close call with a boat.
- mynameisnoone 3y ago
  It's the reasoning of Idiocracy / Darwin Award candidates.
- youainti 3y ago
  If its stupid and it works, its still stupid and you're lucky. Maxim 43 https://schlockmercenary.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seventy_Maxims_of_Maximally_Effective_Mercenaries https://schlockmercenary.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seventy_Maxims_...
perihelions 3y ago
- "Nobody was killed or injured" We have no possible way of knowing that, given this is Communist China with a press-freedom index of approximately -∞, and a *documented history* [0] of concealing and covering up politically-inconvenient mass casualty events, including, very specifically, government rocket boosters landing on civilians. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708 - "The nature and extent of the damage remain a subject of dispute. The Chinese government, through its official Xinhua news agency, reported that six people were killed and 57 injured. Western media speculated that between a few dozen and 500 people might have been killed in the crash; "dozens, if not hundreds", of people were seen to gather outside the centre's main gate near the crash site the night before launch.[4] When reporters were being taken away from the site, they found that most buildings had sustained serious damage or had been flattened completely.[4] Some eyewitnesses were noted as having seen dozens of ambulances and many flatbed trucks, loaded with what could have been human remains, being taken to the local hospital.[4]"
matheusmoreira 3y ago
That's quite the Kerbal approach to space program safety you've got there.

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