The Chinese government has been criticized by many for endangering the people of the earth by launching a 22-ton Long March 5B rocket into the atmosphere.
The reason is that the rocket cannot be controlled after delivering its payload into orbit, and the location of the fall is unpredictable, which can endanger residents in various parts of the Earth.
This is the third time China has been accused of not taking care of its rocket debris after launch. The Long March 5B was used to deliver a new module to China's Space Station, which was launched from the island of Hainan on July 24.
After reaching its destination and the payload has been released, the rocket fell back to earth, and this time it is estimated to fall in the Indian Ocean, precisely near Sarawak, the island of Borneo.
The entry of this rocket into Earth's atmosphere has been confirmed by the US Space Command, but at that time they could not confirm the exact location of the fall of the rocket debris, which cannot be controlled.
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"No country has allowed debris as large as 20 tons in orbit and into Earth uncontrollably," explains Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astophysics.
Then on Saturday (30/7/2022), Nasa Administrator Bill Nelson said China did not provide any information on the trajectory of the rocket debris.
"All countries traveling to space must follow established standards, and do their job to provide this kind of information in order to provide accurate predictions of the risk of falling debris, especially for a large vehicle like the Long March 5B, with a huge risk of loss of life and building damage," said Nelson.
"This is very important to do to be responsible for the use of outer space and ensure the safety of people on Earth," he added.
The China Manned Space Agency only provided information on the time the rocket entered Earth's atmosphere, which was at 12:55 am Sunday morning. They also said that most of the debris had been burned to the ground as it passed through the Sulu Sea, between Borneo and the Philippines.
"What we want to know is whether any of these debris fell to the ground. It may take longer to get those reports," McDowell complained.
There is a Malaysian named Nazri Sulaiman, through the @nazriacai account, recording an object in the sky which is thought to be Long March 5B from Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia.
This news was later confirmed by Malaysia's National Space Agency, which said they detected debris from the burning Long March 5B rocket.
"The rocket debris was seen burning as it entered the earth and the movement of the burning debris across Malaysian airspace was detected in many areas, including across the airspace around Sarawak," they said.