"Dragon spacecraft" space fragments fell in Australia, Australian netizens were angry: space garbage, find your motherland

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] A stunning scene recently occurred in New South Wales, Australia. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on the 3rd, many local "surprised" space fragments. Treatment of folk and public opinion is not a small shock.

It is reported that the Australian Space Agency confirmed that these space fragments came from the manned dragon spacecraft manufactured by the world's richest man Elon Musk's American Space Exploration Technology Company (SpaceX). ABC quoted a spokesman for the Australian Space Agency and said: "We will continue to connect with the United States and the New South Wales authorities on this matter."

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Coincidentally, the British Times reported on the 3rd that in July, a loud noise sounded like a thunderous mountain in a snowy mountain southwest of Sydney. A few weeks later, local farmers Mick Miconas found a space fragment of about 3 meters long and about 30 kg in his sheep farm. Soon after, other residents found two other space fragments. On July 30, technical experts from Australia and New South Wales inspected these fragments and found that these space wastes came from SpaceX. The Australian University of Australia, a celestial physicist Brad Tucker, also said that the time and location of these fragments fell with the SpaceX manned dragon spacecraft at 7 am on July 9th to enter the time and position of the earth atmosphere.

The Australian Space Agency reminds local residents that more space fragments may be found in the future. If you find suspicious fragments, do not try to deal with it without authorization, but contact SpaceX directly. It is reported that this time the space fragments are the largest space garbage discovered by Australia since 1979. According to the plan, the wreckage of the dragon ship should have fallen in Nemo Kok of the South Pacific, where it is "the inaccessible ocean", but it falls to Australia.

This incident caused Australian netizens to be not a little angry. Some people are fortunate, "Fortunately, they have not hurt people." Some people commented, "Space garbage, find your motherland (the United States)!"

In recent years, the incidents of space fragments have become more and more frequent. In April last year, a fragment of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket hit a farm in Washington, USA, leaving about 10 cm of impact traces on the ground. In addition, Malaysia and Indonesia also found the falling space fragments.

The increase in space garbage has exacerbated people's concerns. Dr. Tucker said that although this is "extremely rare", it also means that it should be more supervised on space garbage. (Bian Zizheng)

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