Yeah - own people safety should be first
Even without own people safety, launching closer to equator gives savings on rocket fuel. That is why U.S. rockets are launched from Florida and European rockets are launched from French Guiana. India launches from Southern part. Russians started first and did not have any convenient equatorial location. So, they picked the best they could in Baikonur (now in Kazakhstan). I never understood why China picked in northern interior. My best guess is, it started as an offshoot of missile launch program (as all space programs are) and hence needed to be secret.
Yes, US should really do something about it.
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SpaceX is like Walmart of space business; Elon Musk goes for the cheapest in everything. He also launches something like a thousand rockets a year. If you shoot a thousand, some of them will fall back without decay. But Chinese rocket program is national program. You don't see NASA launches falling on people's houses.How much space junks US created, how much China did?
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You don't see? who are you?
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You are talking about a small cylinder. The picture above shows half burnt boosters the size of trucks. There is a difference between accidental debris leftover and carelessly reentering boosters. Boosters fall off at low altitudes. They are not like space junk from ISS. The guy who has a hole in his roof will sue and get a nice compensation from U.S. Government. Will the villagers whose house gets destroyed get to sue Chinese government?You don't see? who are you?
Lawsuit Says NASA Responsible for Roof Damage from 'Space Junk'
A Naples, Fla. family is suing NASA after debris from the International Space Station crashed through their roof, causing damage and distress; the Space Agency confirmed the 1.6-pound stanchion likely survived reentry and struck the house.
