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Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by pfdietz on Sunday November 06, 2022 @02:52PM (#33496355)
That's not a sufficient argument. Something can be dangerous without being sufficiently dangerous to warrant any personal action. In this case, I believe if you calculate you will find the chance of an aircraft being damaged was so extremely slight that it wasn't worth delaying any flight.
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Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by dvt on Sunday November 06, 2022 @07:40PM (#33499515)
I'm not sure why you keep harping on this. Their last 5B literally fell on top of an African village a few years ago[1]. While of course you're correct that we have calculated risk profiles and nothing will ever be "100% safe," China's 5B re-entry did not meet these standards. Spanish and Portugese authorities absolutely made the right call to partially close airspace as the rocket safely made a re-entry.

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/13/21256484/china-rocket-deb...

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