The countdown now begins for China's next uncontrolled rocket reentry in October.
Last week's reentry came after China launched part of its Tiangong space station to orbit on July 24. In anshortly after the launch, Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics, operated by Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution, explained there was "a small risk of property damage from a few tons of metal flying through the air at 100 mph or more.
Since 1990, the U.S. hasn't allowed any spacecraft or object over 10 tons to make an uncontrolled reentry into Earth’s atmosphere for the safety of people and property on the ground. After Saturday's reentry, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, "the People’s Republic of China did not share specific trajectory information as their Long March 5B rocket fell back to Earth.
Unfortunately, we're soon in for a repeat of last week's uncontrolled reentry. In October, China will use the Long March 5B rocket to carry the third and final part of its space station to orbit. In 2023, it will also use the launch vehicle to send itsto the same orbit as its space station. China, for the most part, dismisses the controversy around its space practices as part of a smear campaign orchestrated by the West.
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