There are people who live with the debris of the falling space rocket
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The Russian-controlled Baikonur Space Station is a rocket launch base that launched Sputnik 1 , the first man-made satellite launch, and Vostok 1 , the first manned space flight. However, under the brilliant achievements of Baikonur Space Station, there are people who are forced to live next to danger.
In Russia's Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Spacecraft for Profit-The Crux
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In 1955, the Baikonur Space Station, which was built in Kazakhstan at the time of the writing of the former Soviet Union, is still under Russian jurisdiction in the form of land lease after the collapse of the Soviet Union. At Baikonur Space Station, one of the oldest rocket launch bases, various space development projects have been conducted by the former Soviet Union and Russia from the beginning of construction to the recent years. It is from this Baikonur Space Station that Toyohiro Akiyama , the first Japanese astronaut, took off in space.
The Baikonur Space Station was chosen as the stage of numerous historical achievements due to the limitations of wireless technology at the time that required a vast plain to launch the rocket by radio control, but one very serious problem Holding That is, fuel tanks, etc. separated by the launched rockets pour over the people living in the plains of the Altai region in Kazakhstan. For example, rocket parts that flew from the Kennedy Space Center in the eastern United States fall to the Atlantic Ocean, so human damage is minimized, but the Baikonur Space Station is located in the center of the Eurasian continent. , All the parts of the launched rocket will fall to the land.
Of course, in areas where rocket parts fall, notifications are made 24 hours before launch, and measures are taken, such as prohibition of entry. However, in 2008, an accident occurred in which a 4.5m rocket part hit a private house. In addition, in 2011, Soyuz rockets loaded with rocket fuel crashed into an unexpected place, and a large explosion occurred that broke the window glass of a private house 100 km away from the crash point. You are forced to live next to the accident.
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The impact of rockets is not limited to direct damage. A large amount of harmful rocket fuel remains in the fuel tank separated from the rocket, and a highly toxic fuel called heptyl or asymmetric dimethylhydrazine is used in rockets launched by Russia and China. These toxic substances are steadily damaging the health of local people through environmental pollution , and it is reported that the endocrine and blood diseases of people living in the contaminated areas are more than twice as large as those in neighboring areas. .
In some villages, there is also a “ yellow baby incident ” in which almost all born babies develop jaundice due to liver damage. These health hazards are said to be due to the effects of nearby chemical plants and have not been determined to be due to rocket fuel. However, as asymmetric dimethylhydrazine has been confirmed to have very high toxicity to the liver and central nervous system, it has been pointed out that there is no doubt that it has some effects.
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On the other hand, the wreckage of these rockets is part of the lives of people living in the area. Many people living in the Altai region are living economically harsh, so they are aware of the dangers and recover the rocket debris and use it as a building material for houses and as a material for farming tools. Some people who visited the area saw metal barns and houses with the logo of the space development project, and children's farming tools and sleds made from rocket remnants. Residents in these areas are directly affected by environmental pollution because they live on land-based agriculture.
Paul Cooper reporter of the scientific journal Discover that dealt with the problem of the Baikonur Space Station said, “While the world's richest countries launch rockets and go on space exploration, the world's poorest people are buried in the rocket's remnants He said, “I should not forget that there are people who are victims of the development of science.”
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