South China Morning Post
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Looming US rocket debris crash unlikely to hit Chinese moon landers: experts
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is expected to impact the moon in August, but experts say it poses no immediate threat to Chinese lunar landers and highlight concerns about the lack of debris management regulations as lunar activity increases.
Looming US rocket debris crash unlikely to hit Chinese moon landers: experts
A stray Falcon 9 rocket part is on course to slam into the moon in August.
The expected impact poses no immediate danger, experts say, but warn that it highlights a critical lack of rules for managing debris as lunar activity by the US, China and private companies ramps up.
Measuring 13.8 metres (45 feet) long and 3.7 metres wide, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage has been drifting through Earth-moon space since it launched a US commercial lander and a Japanese lander in January last...
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