Demanding Compensation, NASA Sued For Space Waste Victims Who Hit Residents' Houses

Space junk that hit people's homes (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA 700 grams of space debris hit one of the homes of a resident in Naples, Florida on March 8. This problem went viral after the owner of the house told the incident on platform X. Alejandro Otero as the owner of the house felt that this issue was very serious. His son was at home when the space junk fell and there was a possibility of an accident. Therefore, Otero filed a lawsuit against NASA. As reported by Sciencealert, a law firm confirmed that the family demanded compensation of 80 thousand US dollars (Rp1.3 billion). This compensation has been taken into account based on the impact of the incident. "My client is seeking adequate compensation to take into account the stress and impact of this incident on their lives," said Mica Nguyen Worthy, the family's lawyer. Mica explained that the family did not suffer any physical injuries, but the situation caused some losses. Therefore, they remain in demand compensation. According to Mica, "Maybe (only) there was serious injury or death."

NASA has yet to provide any response regarding this lawsuit. Cranfill Summer's legal firm is still waiting for a response from NASA so that this can be used as a reference for other garbage problems that may occur in the future. Although NASA has not provided any statement regarding this demand, the space agency has confirmed the presence of space debris falling at Otero's house. This trash comes from a cargo palette dumped from the space station. Supposedly, this device that was dumped in 2021 caught fire when it entered the Earth's atmosphere, but this estimate is wrong. There is a hardware that escapes the burning process and penetrates Otero's house until the roof is porous.