Since its launch in the 2000s, The Sims They have always been present in pop culture. We talk about a videogame life simulation that allows you to create and manage virtual characters, and which over the years continued to evolve with multiple expansions and versions that add new dimensions and possibilities, earning recognition from millions of players around the world. In that context, An interesting twist was when The Sims incorporated elements of outer space into the game, allowing for example that a meteorite fall from the sky and destroy everything in its path.
And as if we were talking about The Simpson, It seems that The Sims predicted these events, considering that today a not insignificant possibility is that an object from space will impact your garden.. A problem that is on the rise and points directly to the POT or to companies like SpaceX of Elon Musk.
The problem of space debris
Perhaps inspired by the possibilities of video games like The Sims, where Falling satellite incidents are a potential death for charactersSpaceX should have taken precautionary measures in the face of the unlikely, but possible, danger of space debris falling on someone.
And it is that We live in an era in which space is increasingly populated by satellites., so public safety becomes even more important. For this reason, the company led by Elon Musk decided to establish an emergency number to report incidents related to falling space debris.
So, What two decades ago was just a joke in a game, today resonates as a real possibility, and which can have fatal results. The SpaceX emergency line is the number 866-392-0035while there is also an email: [email protected], both created in response by the aerospace company to the growing number of objects orbiting the Earth.
Although the chances of being hit by space debris are minimal, the existence of a response protocol is a sign that Musk takes the problem seriously of space debris. Let us remember that not long ago significant parts of rockets fell in populated areas, raising the alarm about their potential risks.
For example, An engine from China's Long March 2C rocket fell into a village and there is also the incident involving a family whose house was pierced by a pocket battery detached from a SpaceX Dragon module.
With this announcement, the company takes the lead in the implementation of responsible practices within the framework of space explorationwhere every discarded fragment has the potential to become a projectile. While the risk is extremely low, it is not zero, and Elon Musk knows it.
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