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Rocket debris hitting US homeland is ‘embarrassing’ for China, says astronomer

A scorched hunk of metal that turned up in a US farmer’s cornfield may have handed China an awkward moment and technically an “international incident”, according to a British astronomer who has tracked rocket launches for more than 30 years. The farmer found the bowl-shaped object, measuring about 3.35 metres (11 feet) across, while harvesting corn in west-central Minnesota on October 14. Online,…

Rocket debris hitting US homeland is ‘embarrassing’ for China, says astronomer

We haven't written up this one. South China Morning Post has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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