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NASA Condemns China as Unguided Rocket Debris Crashes to Earth
A Long March rocket before its planned launch from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on October 31.
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Uncontrolled debris from a Chinese rocket on Friday prompted NASA administrator Bill Nelson to issue a statement highly critical of the incident.
“Once again, the People’s Republic of China is taking unnecessary risks with the uncontrolled rocket stage reentry of their Long March 5B rocket stage,” Nelson said in a statement.