SSPI-WISE - Blog
Welcome to the SSPI-WISE Blog! This page is a timely and informative space to learn about industry happenings, and to explore a range of topics, especially as relates to women in industry. Check out the inaugural post below:
Blog Entries
Tackling the Industry’s Biggest Challenge – By Elisabeth Tweedie, Founder, Definitive Direction
Last week a 23-ton piece of debris from a Chinese Long March rocket came hurtling back to Earth in an uncontrolled descent. Fortunately, it landed in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, so no damage was done. This was chance, not design. At one point during its descent, airspace over Spain had to be closed in order to avoid a potential disaster. This isn’t the first time this has happened. In the last few years, debris from other launches have landed in Indonesia, the Ivory Coast and Malaysia. Yet there are no international treaties specifying how this debris is to be handled. Other nations however, take a more conservative approach to launch debris, and either design rockets and launches to ensure that the discarded stages land in oceans or deserts, or, in the case of SpaceX on a raft for reuse. Read More...
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