China's Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report

[Admin]

Two spacewalks this winter fixed the power supply of China's Tiangong space station, which was damaged by a space debris strike, state media reported.

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[newtons_laws]

The article says "The agency also plans to do more in the future to guard against space debris issues in orbit." Well of course one thing the Chinese could do in future to guard against space debris is to conduct no more anti-satellite tests like the one they did in 2007 that created more than 3,000 pieces of space debris..... https://swfound.org/media/9550/chinese_asat_fact_sheet_updated_2012.pdf

 

[Rob77]

The article says "The agency also plans to do more in the future to guard against space debris issues in orbit." Well of course one thing the Chinese could do in future to guard against space debris is to conduct no more anti-satellite tests like the one they did in 2007 that created more than 3,000 pieces of space debris..... https://swfound.org/media/9550/chinese_asat_fact_sheet_updated_2012.pdf

Ive always wondered what future space warfare will look like - here's one potential - disguise projectiles as "debris" if they really wanted to target a specific satellite or even a space station.

 

[DocDrew]

I will never weep for any ChiCom setbacks, any more than I did for the Soviet setback.

 

[Mr. Science]

Prescient Science right here.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp6LT2MdaPI

 

[ARTGLICK]

Two spacewalks this winter fixed the power supply of China's Tiangong space station, which was damaged by a space debris strike, state media reported.

China's Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report : Read mor

The article says "The agency also plans to do more in the future to guard against space debris issues in orbit." Well of course one thing the Chinese could do in future to guard against space debris is to conduct no more anti-satellite tests like the one they did in 2007 that created more than 3,000 pieces of space debris..... https://swfound.org/media/9550/chinese_asat_fact_sheet_updated_2012.pdf

My thoughts exactly. Epic fail for the author not to even mention that ASAT test. Maybe they're not old enough to recall it. Wouldn't it be great justice if the debris was the result of that totally thoughtless and selfish act?

 

[Torbjorn Larsson]

Nice save! They do a lot of good science there and on Moon and Mars. They even aim to return Mars rocks before NASA/ESA who fumbled on the ball (well, NASA did).