So what does it mean beyond the incident itself? Via Bob Z., there's this: "This is a direct violation of the Outer Space Treaty, which China is a signatory. The treaty makes signatories liable for any damage from an uncontrolled re-entry, and requires them to take action to prevent such events from occurring.
China it appears doesn’t care much about the treaties it signs. The first time could be rung up to a mistake. The second time is intentional and tells us that this country will not honor any of its obligations anywhere else, if it decides it can get away with it." Source: https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/chinas-21-ton-long-march-5b-core-stage-to-make-uncontrolled-re-entry/
China drops boosters on its own citizens because they launch from very far inland, not over the ocean. If they don't care about dropping boosters (that still contain insanely toxic hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide) on little Chinese kids in elementary schools, why would anyone think they care about dropping it on another country?
Now calculate the surface area of the earth, subtract out the oceans and lakes which are over 70%, and calculate the odds a piece will hit any particular square mile. Makes winning the lotto sound absolutely easy.
Not counting the news outlets or websites along the full range of accuracy and veracity, I follow multiple actual individuals' handwritten blogs. (Bot news aggregators don't thrill me.) Looking them over, many are current serving or former military and a couple are some variation of high-speed low-drag elite forces ninjas. Or just funny as all. Because life without humor is just despair. So in other words, the same folks I trusted in the military not to wet the bed, sh*t themselves, or otherwise run around like headless Nancys, are the same folks I trust on the interwebz, for demonstrating pretty much the same trustworthiness and circumspectly responsible behavior. Color me shocked.
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So what does it mean beyond the incident itself? Via Bob Z., there's this:
"This is a direct violation of the Outer Space Treaty, which China is a signatory. The treaty makes signatories liable for any damage from an uncontrolled re-entry, and requires them to take action to prevent such events from occurring.
China it appears doesn’t care much about the treaties it signs. The first time could be rung up to a mistake. The second time is intentional and tells us that this country will not honor any of its obligations anywhere else, if it decides it can get away with it."
Source: https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/chinas-21-ton-long-march-5b-core-stage-to-make-uncontrolled-re-entry/
China drops boosters on its own citizens because they launch from very far inland, not over the ocean. If they don't care about dropping boosters (that still contain insanely toxic hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide) on little Chinese kids in elementary schools, why would anyone think they care about dropping it on another country?
Now calculate the surface area of the earth, subtract out the oceans and lakes which are over 70%, and calculate the odds a piece will hit any particular square mile. Makes winning the lotto sound absolutely easy.
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