A SpaceX representative says a team will travel to Australia after the recent discovery of a large piece of space junk on an outback property, saying the incident is 'within the expected analysed space of what can happen'.
A SpaceX representative says a team will travel to Australia after the recent discovery of a large piece of space junk on an outback property, saying the incident is "within the expected analysed space of what can happen".
"We did get reports of debris of the Dragon trunk that had landed in the outback of Australia," he said.Mr Reed told the conference SpaceX had been working with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Australian Space Agency as part of this process, saying the incident fell within expectations."Also importantly is this was all within the expected analysed space of what can happen.
Mr Reed's comments to the August 4 conference appear to be the only public comments that have been made by SpaceX about the incident so far. The ABC has contacted SpaceX.The discovery of SpaceX debris has triggered both intrigue and concern from space experts about whether space activity needs to be better managed.
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