Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets, airline says
Delays on Sydney-Johannesburg route after advice from US government over debris from SpaceX rocket re-entry in southern Indian Ocean
@Nigel_Purchase People are going to have to sue #Melonhusk.
@Tooden @Nigel_Purchase yes! And they should not be as benevolent as that canadian farmer, right @sundogplanets ?
@sundogplanets may be interested.
@Nigel_Purchase @sundogplanets
Seems to be a regular occurrence.
What happens when Elon's space junk starts falling on airplanes that are flying? Or on people on the ground minding their own business? This is just another way that capitalists externalize costs and risk while cashing in.
"Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets, airline says"
@Greengordon @Nigel_Purchase Good article about those odds here from a couple years ago: https://theconversation.com/airplanes-face-a-growing-risk-of-being-hit-by-uncontrolled-re-entries-of-rockets-used-to-launch-satellites-202400
@sundogplanets @Nigel_Purchase
Thanks! Sounds like it will take a major disaster before space junk is regulated....
"We’ve been here before. In the 1970s, a growing risk to oceans from oil spills led to calls for a requirement for double hulls on tankers. The shipping industry, concerned about increased costs, was able to stifle these efforts — until 1989, when the Exxon Valdez spilled roughly 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound."
@sundogplanets @Greengordon @Nigel_Purchase
Has the space junk that fell in Kenya been identified yet?
@JonathanMBR
@Greengordon @Nigel_Purchase I was reading about the bit of rocket that fell in Kenya -- apparently the country from which the vehicle launched retains liability. I found myself wondering how much of his politics is driven by trying to make sure he has no legal consequences for his tech killing people. Then I figured that was probably too much forward thinking. Or awareness of potential consequences.
@Greengordon @Nigel_Purchase The tin foil hat I have just fashioned for myself won’t help with this problem will it?
It's sad, isn't it?
@Nigel_Purchase
Bill the cost and sue the irresponsible sucker for endangering lives.