The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed U.S. calls for a return to diplomacy and lambasted condemnations of the North’s recent spy satellite launch, vowing more launches in violation of U.N. bans.
Space junk is pollution, it’s bad for scientists who study space as well as space photographers, and it’s extremely dangerous for astronauts. I don’t know why we wouldn’t object to this.
I also think the US should be launching less stuff. The difference either way is that the US is putting up functional items with thrusters to help it move around and avoid obstacles while North Korea is putting up junk that will just ram into stuff.
Notably, the US has always been hypocritical, calling them out for that doesn’t actually mean anything anymore. Everyone knows the US sucks already, this time they just happened to suck and be right about how we shouldn’t be letting nonfunctioning hazards be launched into space.
Because launching satellites is very similar technology to launching ICBMs. They have a nuclear program and are trying to miniaturize their bomb to fit on the missile. Developing ICBMs would not be great for world peace, although China would probably tell them to sit down and be quiet.
So the western news went - North Korea launched a completely non functional and useless satellite and for some reason we object to that.
Space junk is pollution, it’s bad for scientists who study space as well as space photographers, and it’s extremely dangerous for astronauts. I don’t know why we wouldn’t object to this.
yea right!
I’m sure north Korea launching A satellite pollutes more than all the launches from US combined.
I also think the US should be launching less stuff. The difference either way is that the US is putting up functional items with thrusters to help it move around and avoid obstacles while North Korea is putting up junk that will just ram into stuff.
Notably, the US has always been hypocritical, calling them out for that doesn’t actually mean anything anymore. Everyone knows the US sucks already, this time they just happened to suck and be right about how we shouldn’t be letting nonfunctioning hazards be launched into space.
okay so what if their launch was a failure? they are allowed to try and fail. they might learn from this and launch again and have something useful.
Why is North Korea condemned for doing absolutely normal activities every state engages in?
Because launching satellites is very similar technology to launching ICBMs. They have a nuclear program and are trying to miniaturize their bomb to fit on the missile. Developing ICBMs would not be great for world peace, although China would probably tell them to sit down and be quiet.
ever heard about MAD ( mutually assured destruction ). actually quite good for peace.