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> on a populated area

Nice random qualifier there. The debris is falling over the entire earth, this one had bad luck enough to be noticed.

So yes, the risk is pretty much negligible

The article also mentions pieces of the same Crew Dragon mission landing on the roof of a house in North Carolina. Pieces of a non Crew Dragon mission going through a roof, and floor of a house in Florida.

So no, the risk isn’t negligible.

The Florida incident wasn't from Crew Dragon, it was "trash" released directly from the ISS:

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-space-station-deb...

Oh you’re right. I updated my comment to reflect that so as to not spread misinformation. That said the point stands. ISS junk hitting you will cause just as much damage as SpaceX junk.

Why do you think that qualifier is random? There's very little risk when things hit the ocean, it's a non populated area. That's why we do launches over it. In a populated area, there are things like houses and roads which can be hit, and cause a lot of problems. I really don't see how people can think it's "negligible" when we already have space junk hitting houses, and the pieces are getting larger. That sounds like... Negligence to me.

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