The authors examined the risk of such accidents in the coming years and what governments could do to
Over the past few decades, rocket partssatellites and even space stations have fallen back to Earth after completing their missions. To date, no one has died from falling space debris, although one person is believed to have been injured. This is Lottie Williams, she was hit by debris while walking in the park in 1997.
But with the advent of the space age into spaceMore and more rockets and satellites are being launched. This trend is expected to continue. In a new paper, researchers calculated the likelihood that one or more people will be harmed or killed by space debris.
The researchers analyzed the total numberrocket launches and how it will grow. The scientists also looked at what happens to rocket parts as they fall back to Earth, and where they tend to land. The researchers found, as expected, that most of it ends up in the ocean.
But they also found that asthe number of rockets launched increases and the likelihood that one or more of them will fall in a populated area. As a result, the probability of death of one or more people in the next decade is approximately 10%.
Researchers have calculated which countries have the highest risks. These turned out to be Indonesia, Mexico and Nigeria.
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