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Space drugs factory denied reentry to Earth
(gizmodo.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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I wasn't aware you even needed permission to reenter a spacecraft, just thought you needed it to launch one. How does that work then, would one need permission from the country who's airspace your craft ends up in, or the one one's organization is based in? If the former, could they get around this by re-entering it over international waters?
Me neither.
Makes sense though. If the reentry is botched you're essentially aiming a ~300lb projectile (or a bunch of tinier projectiles) in this case at who knows what at terminal velocity.
Launches at least control where the thing leaves from and are designed to fallout over non inhabited areas in the event of a botched takeoff.