The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) has sent a special team to study the report of a resident in Pekan Sepupok Lama, Niah, Sarawak on a debris found in the area, said its Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba
KUALA LUMPUR: The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry has sent a special team to study the report of a resident in Pekan Sepupok Lama, Niah, Sarawak on a debris found in the area, said its minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.
Space and atomic energy officials are to inspect a piece of debris reported to have fallen in Sarawak, believed to be part of a Chinese rocket that burned up in the sky on re-entry to Earth
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PETALING JAYA: Malaysians need not fret over news that parts of a Chinese rocket will plunge into the Earth’s atmosphere as the probability of being fatally struck by space debris is very low, says the Malaysian Space Agency (MySA).
Its director-general Azlikamil Napiah said it is unlikely that any debris would land in Malaysia as the size of the country is only a small portion of the Earth’s surface area.
“The public doesn’t need to worry about dangerous objects in the ‘re-entry’ because the probability of this object hitting humans or destroying any building structure is very low, since 70% of the Earth is made up of water and Malaysia is small, ” he said yesterday.