#WashingtonPost ๐ May 2021 "The #first known #report of damage caused by #SpaceDebris came as early as ๐ 1969. An #unidentified #object had fallen from #space and hit a #freighter that was traveling off the #coast of #Siberia, #seriously #injuring five crewmen. #Tokyo initially kept that #information a #secret ๐ต๏ธ, out of a desire to avoid provoking a conflict with #Moscow" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/08/space-debris-crashes
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From a Texas dental office to the Canadian tundra, hereโs where space debris has crashed to Earth
With oceans and unpopulated areas covering much of the globe, itโs statistically unlikely that a piece of falling space junk will land in someoneโs suburban backyard. But there have been a handful of high-profile incidents.
