Billionaire Elon Musk Faced #Social_Media_Backlash in #China
Billionaire Elon Musk is facing social media criticism after China complained that the country’s budding #space_station had two close encounters with satellites launched by #SpaceX’s Starlink Internet Services project earlier in 2021.
According to a document submitted earlier in December by #Beijing to the #UNOOSA (United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs), China’s Tiangong Space Station was #two times #forced to take fast and effective #maneuvers to #avoid_collision with #satellites #launched by #Elon_Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX.
The assertions, though haven’t been independently verified and Musk’s rocket company is yet to respond, China claims that Tiangong had to implement ‘#preventive_collision #avoidance control’ both on 1sy July and 21st October when faced with advancing #Starlink_satellites.
AKA #SPACE_JUNK
Beijing notified the Secretary-General of the U.N. that the close encounters with the satellites launched by Starlink Internet Services constituted dangers to astronauts’ life and health abroad the Tiangong Space Station.
The news was quickly followed by a strong media backlash against Elon Musk on Weibo, with a small number of web users condemning Musk’s space ambitions and one hashtag racking up 87M views by early Tuesday. China commenced its space station in April this year with the successful launching of its Core Cabin Module – Tianhe – and anticipates construction to be done by the end of next year.
https://planetnews.com/business/billionaire-elon-musk-faced-social-media-backlash-in-china.html
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