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Zachtpres t1_iy6pwmx wrote

I'm very intrigued at the timing of all these large scale launches this past year, and the amount of recent videos showing meteor strikes.

Also curious about how much of a threat space debris is compared to these meteorites. If there is this much stuff entering through our atmosphere on a consistent basis and it so happens to not be man made space debris...then I'd start to become worried.

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Cyclonit t1_iy73zfd wrote

As a matter of fact, China has a horrible track record of managing their rockets' debris. Everything that goes up must come down. But other space angenies invest a lot of effort to make sure that their stuff either burns up on reentry or comes down in inhabited areas.

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KiwieeiwiK t1_iyc01ue wrote

China is actually generally just as good as every other country in modern times. The only modern exception is the CZ-5B because it is fitting a very specific function the CZ-5 was not originally designed to fulfill, and an alternative was too many years away. It's only got one more planned launch left anyway

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toodroot t1_iyc1mbf wrote

The number of ground causalities from booster stages landing on land, intentionally, is greater in China than in Russia (well, Kazakstan.)

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