NASA is not practicing environmental responsibility and that’s apparently acceptable.
A 12,500 pound NASA satellite the size of a school bus was expected to fall to Earth on Friday, September 23, but the exact time and location could not be determined with any certainty.
Four days later, the location was still unknown, and NASA scientists assured the public that there is little chance of any harm, faithfully reported by reporters. Nothing has been hit by falling space debris for fifty years, the agency assured the public.
Not a single reporter asked who would be responsible if a high-energy NASA fireball consisting of space junk actually hit, well, anything. Every report sounded identical, because they were. They were single-sourced — all the details were provided by government to “journalists,” and carefully parroted. As if to placate anyone nervous, the agency figured the odds of hitting a person were about 3,000 to 1. (Way more likely than winning the Powerball lottery jackpot, which they failed to point out.)
Just imagine the public outcry, the governmental investigations and ramifications if a privately-owned enterprise were to announce plans to put six tons of stainless steel, exotic minerals, potent chemicals and more into space only to return randomly and unpredictably to Earth as solid waste in ten years.
More space missions and more satellites are scheduled to be launched by NASA and then necessarily will return to Earth. I hear that another satellite is expected to rain down in November, location similarly unknown. Only about two tons of steel and materials are expected to survive re-entry and not hit anyone in this adventure.
To date no arrests have been made for reckless endangerment, negligence, menacing, operating a dangerous cartel, etc. I’m very surprised that the environmentalist whackos haven’t jumped on this.
***Ed Randazzo, is a nationally syndicated author. He has been a conservative activist and consultant for over 30 years and is currently the Chief News Editor of Life and Liberty Media***
