{"id":472917,"date":"2022-07-11T20:46:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rockets-falling-from-sky-might-kill-you-astronomers-warn\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T20:46:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:46:59","slug":"rockets-falling-from-sky-might-kill-you-astronomers-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rockets-falling-from-sky-might-kill-you-astronomers-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rockets falling from sky might kill you, astronomers warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25ac7e4da88\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25ac7e4da88\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rockets-falling-from-sky-might-kill-you-astronomers-warn\/#%E2%80%9CRockets_falling_from_sky_might_kill_you_astronomers_warn%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Rockets falling from sky might kill you, astronomers warn&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRockets_falling_from_sky_might_kill_you_astronomers_warn%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Rockets falling from sky might kill you, astronomers warn&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Look alive out there.<\/p>\n<p>Add rockets to the list of reasons to look both ways before crossing the street \u2014 or doing just about anything outdoors and under the cover of an untenable structure. <\/p>\n<p>The billionaire space race, commercial spaceflight and the use of satellite <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> are upping the odds of being crushed by a falling spaceship, a new study <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41550-022-01718-8\">published in Nature Astronomy<\/a> warned on Monday. Scientists estimated a nearly 10% risk that a free-falling rocket will indeed kill someone on the ground during the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>The risk increases depending on where you stand, according to researchers, especially for those in the Global South, who are likely to see a greater proportion of space junk land around their home, simply due to the Earth\u2019s rotation and the way in which launches are conducted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a statistically low risk, but it\u2019s not negligible, and it\u2019s increasing \u2014 and it\u2019s totally avoidable,\u201d lead study author Michael Byers, a professor in the Department of Political <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> at the University of British Columbia, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/11\/23199088\/uncontrolled-rocket-reentry-casualty-risk-analysis-space-industry\">told The Verge<\/a>. \u201cSo, should we take available measures to eliminate casualty risks? I think the answer should be yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rockets are built to fall apart as they propel themselves away from the planet, some of which ends up floating in space (threatening astronauts) while others descend back to Earth. As they pass each atmosphere, they shed dead weight used in various \u201cstages,\u201d consisting of fuel tanks, boosters and other parts only needed during initial launch. That\u2019s one reason why most launches take place near coastlines \u2014 so rocket junk falls safely to the ocean. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rocket-launch-getty-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"China's Shenzhou-14 spaceship\" class=\"wp-image-23004584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rocket-launch-getty-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rocket-launch-getty-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rocket-launch-getty-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The \u201cstages\u201d of rocket launch occur within the first few minutes after takeoff. On June 5, 2022, the crew aboard China\u2019s Shenzhou-14 (pictured) intimately separated from the rocket and entered orbit after 577 seconds. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Xinhua <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Agency via Getty Ima<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The fear became all too real in 2020, when a 12-meter-long pipe and more debris from China\u2019s Long March 5B rocket found it\u2019s way to Africa\u2019s Ivory Coast, landing across two villages though \u2014 fortunately \u2014 killing no one. <\/p>\n<p>It almost h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened again last year when a 100-foot-tall part of a Chinese rocket, that weighed 20 metric tons, made a close call as it zoomed past cities including New York and Madrid before ultimately landing in the Indian Ocean. The incident inspired Byers and his team\u2019s research, they said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Galactic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk\u2018s SpaceX have sought a more economical approach to space flight, by guiding these parts back to retrievable zones where they can be reused for another launch, though he\u2019s still working out the kinks as well. In 2015, one of their launches discarded two fuel tanks the size of refrigerators, both of which landed in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>An analysis of the previous 30 launches revealed that cities including Jakarta, Mexico City, and Lagos\u00a0are three-times or more likely to be hit by wayward rocket junk when compared to cities more North of the equator, such as New York City, Washington D.C. or Beijing.<\/p>\n<p id=\"N5ZxTS\">\u201cThe risk at an individual level is really, really small \u2026 [but] if you\u2019re living in a densely populated city at 30 degrees north latitude, then it should be of more concern to you,\u201d Byers explained, as most drops occur along the equator \u2014 a move that aids satellite tracking. Also, there are several densely populated cities along the equatorial line, contributing to an individuals\u2019 \u201csignificantly increased risk\u201d in those areas.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers reminded that potential death by falling rocket trash is preventable with government legislation and funding, such as an international agreement to move smaller payloads, conserving enough fuel to direct pieces safely down to Earth. Researchers cited the 1987 Montreal Protocol as an example of a successful collective effort, which rid the world of ozone-depleting substance and mended our planet\u2019s shield against UV rays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> practice with regards to aviation is to maximize safety. 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