>“The test so far has generated more than 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital debris and will likely generate hundreds of thousands of pieces of smaller orbital debris,” the U.S. Space Command Public Affairs Office stated shortly after the ASAT test.
>China’s Foreign Ministry has so far declined to comment on Russia’s ASAT test, with attracted opprobrium from countries around the world. Asked to comment on the matter during a Nov. 16 press conference, foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said, “We noted relevant reports and that Russia has yet to respond. I think it is too early to make any comment.”
>Any response would likely be complicated by China’s own 2007 destructive, debris-creating ASAT test. That test created debris that continues to be a hazard for the satellites and the International Space Station and likely now China’s own crewed station.
Only AMERICANS should be allowed into space.
>China’s Foreign Ministry has so far declined to comment on Russia’s ASAT test, with attracted opprobrium from countries around the world. Asked to comment on the matter during a Nov. 16 press conference, foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said, “We noted relevant reports and that Russia has yet to respond. I think it is too early to make any comment.”
>Any response would likely be complicated by China’s own 2007 destructive, debris-creating ASAT test. That test created debris that continues to be a hazard for the satellites and the International Space Station and likely now China’s own crewed station.
Only AMERICANS should be allowed into space.
