New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospace's Experts

Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by k_paleologos on Sunday November 06, 2022 @08:17AM (#33492261)

Reports suggest that they require only 3 launches in this configuration LM5B where the core stage falls back, for the construction of their station. They might have made the assumption that chances of damage due to debris is very low considering that only 3 launches are to happen with this configuration.

In case even if there is damage on the ground, there are treaties that govern the liabilities in case.

It would be interesting to know why they technically chose this particular way of doing it, but the discussion seems too hyperbolic for that.

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Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by sp332 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @08:19AM (#33492277)

Now that the design has been proved out, they're not going to stop doing it.

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Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by vasco on Sunday November 06, 2022 @08:43AM (#33492548)

> In case even if there is damage on the ground, there are treaties that govern the liabilities in case.

If it fell on your house with you sleeping inside I'm sure the liabilities treaties would make your family be totally ok with it.

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Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by FpUser on Sunday November 06, 2022 @10:53AM (#33493863)

When governments, including your own make these kinds of decisions they do not give a flying fuck about your particular family. They only car if it will cost them election, loosing giant lawsuit etc.

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Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by justinclift on Sunday November 06, 2022 @11:17AM (#33494137)

Kind of wonder how it'd go, if the rocket accidentally took out the head of a mafia family or some equally dangerous group. ;)

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