Three Chinese taikonauts — Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong — will be extending their stay aboard China’s Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of orbital debris on Wednesday.
Three Chinese taikonauts — Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong — will be extending their stay aboard China’s Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of orbital debris on Wednesday.
Maybe we should do something about this debris… Just a thought.
Make more. Kessler syndrome would be a net positive for the world at this point.
Like…add a bunch more?
Let’s blow stuff up. That always fixes things.
The funny thing is that we have been doing a lot about it lately, most launch providers these days take care to ensure that their spent boosters reenter and satellite operators include provisions for moving them to graveyard orbits when they’re done.
Except China, who have continued to be rather sloppy when it comes to disposing of their boosters. Maybe this will give them a nudge.
Why would we do that when we can instead keep kicking the can until it’s the next generations problem?
It’s a time-honored tradition.