Unnecessary risks created by uncontrolled rocket reentries

In 2020, over 60% of launches to low Earth orbit resulted in one or more rocket bodies being abandoned in orbit and eventually returning to Earth in an uncontrolled manner. When they do so, between 20 and 40% of their mass survives the heat of atmospheric reentry. Many of the surviving pieces are he...

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Hauptverfasser:	Byers, Michael, Wright, Ewan, Boley, Aaron, Byers, Cameron
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Physics - Physics and Society
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