¡Un Masivo Desecho Espacial de Media Tona Cae en un Pueblo de Kenia!

Nadie resultó herido por el objeto, que se cree es parte de un cohete de lanzamiento. Los expertos afirman que la frecuencia de este tipo de incidentes está en aumento a medida que la cantidad de desechos en órbita alrededor de la Tierra crece de manera alarmante.

A glowing ring of metal, more than eight feet in diameter and weighing more than 1,100 pounds, fell from the sky and crash landed in a remote village in Kenya this week, causing no injuries but frightening residents who feared a bomb or worse.

The object turned out to be space debris — junk left over from six decades of space exploration and a growing number of commercial launches, the Kenya Space Agency said Wednesday. It identified the object as a separation ring from a launch rocket and said that it was investigating the ring’s origin and ownership.