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EX500rider

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10. Hypocrites

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Dec 29, 2021, 08:35 PM

Dec 2021

In 2007 a Chinese KillSat test put a huge debris swarm in orbit followed by another new swarm created by the accidental explosion of a Russian rocket that put over 1,100 dangerous fragments in orbit. Those two incidents increased the dangerous debris in orbit by about fifteen percent.

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China urges US to protect its space station from satellites [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2021 OP

Let me see......good old China has been doing missile tests on satellites and they don't take turbinetree Dec 2021 #1

Plenty of blame to spread around I think. Space junk and orbiting stations in the path not good. Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2021 #6

Why should we protect others from Musk? Farmer-Rick Dec 2021 #2

Yes. Let China sue him. It's incredibly irresponsible for Musk... brush Dec 2021 #4

Killing 3 astronauts in orbit mainer Dec 2021 #3

China is quite capable of negotiating with Musk Zorro Dec 2021 #5

There's even an internet meme...isn't there always? pecosbob Dec 2021 #11

If it was Chinese companies ... TomWilm Dec 2021 #7

China has dropped its share of rocket stages on Africa Eugene Dec 2021 #8

IMO China should have put its space station in a higher orbit. mwooldri Dec 2021 #9

Hypocrites EX500rider Dec 2021 #10

99.9% of CCP press releases are made for domestic effect, not international pecosbob Dec 2021 #12