Denying FAA Analysis, SpaceX Believes Starlink Will Not Hurt Thousands Of People In The Future

SpaceX responded to the FAA's analysis of space debris (photo: dock. NASA)

SpaceX, Elon Musk's commercial rocket launch company, has responded negatively to a Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) report on the dangers of space debris.

In the report, debris in space, precisely in low-earth orbit (LEO), is said to fall in 2035. The FAA added that this falling debris could kill someone every two years.

Starlink, the satellite SpaceX launched, is the majority of this space debris case. With 5,000 satellites already on LEO, SpaceX holds more than 85 percent of the risk of falling debris in the future.

With this report, SpaceX objected. Quoted fromSpacenews, SpaceX Insinyur David Goldstein said that the FAA report used a highly flawed analysis. This report is also accused of using outdated assumptions, allegations, and research.

Goldstein stated that the entire SpaceX satellite was designed to completely shut down as long as it re-entered the atmosphere when the satellite was supposed to be dumped. He stressed that SpaceX always checks that and there is concrete data.

The SpaceX representative believes that the FAA conducted an analysis with the results of 23 years of NASA research on the Iridium satellite. Goldstein said the report did not apply to Starlink because the materials to construction were clearly different.

Meanwhile, the FAA analysis explained that 28,000 dangerous debris from satellites and rockets died slowly re-entering Earth. Looking at the draft constellations in various space companies, this debris is feared to fall and take casualties.

They estimate that about 28,000 people, with one person each every two years, will be injured or killed by debris re-entering Earth's atmosphere.