US Expresses Concern About Space Debris From India’s A-SAT Test

New York: The US has expressed concern about space debris created by the anti-satellite (A-SAT) test carried out by India and said it expected that it does not endanger others’ equipment. Acting US Defence Secretary told the media on Wednesday in Miami: “Space should be a place where we can conduct business, space should be a place where people have freedom to operate” according to DefenseNews. The publication quoted him on its website as saying: “We cannot make it unstable, we cannot create a debris problem that A-SAT tests create. So, thoughtfulness goes a long way.”

A NASA official warned that deliberately destroying a satellite and creating space debris was “wrong” and there should be consequences for them. According to SpaceNews, NASA Administrator James Bridenstine told a House of Representatives commerce justice and science subcommittee that “the entire world needs to step up and say, if you’re going to do this, you’re going to pay a consequence’”. (IANS)

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