Debris of an out-of-control Chinese missile recently fell over the Indian and Pacific oceans, and there were fears that pieces of the 23-tonne Long March 5B booster might fall over a populated area, meanwhile a recent study by scientists at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver warned There is a 10% chance that a missile or Space ship Out of control could kill someone for the next decade.
According to the British newspaper, “Daily Mail”, a spacecraft believed to be from one of the Elon Musk spacecraft collided with a farmer’s property in Australia at a speed of 15,500 miles per hour (25,000 km / h).
The object, believed to be part of the SpaceX Crew-1 spacecraft, was also found in a sheep field by a farmer living on a large estate in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales.
These events have raised more questions about the threat from space debris to people on Earth, although experts insist that the possibility of anyone being infected is still remote.
Meanwhile, Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said that despite the increase in space debris in low Earth orbit, this does not mean increased risks to humans.
McDowell, when asked if there is an increased risk, added, “Not particularly, because most countries dispose of larger debris safely,” adding, “The Chinese Long March 5B missile is the most worrisome because it is so large, but there are fewer risks of debris than all of them.” the countries.