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KiwieeiwiK t1_iybzfrm wrote

Reply to comment by toodroot in China set to launch Shenzhou-15 spacecraft to its space station on Tuesday by Soupjoe5

For the record the villages are evacuated before the launch by the government for this reason.

The reason they built their launch site inland and with villages downrange was to protect it from either Soviet invasion from the West or US naval attack from the sea. In the 1960s/70s that was a very real threat.

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toodroot t1_iybzpcu wrote

For the record, there are plenty of photos that say that evacuations aren't always successful.

I'm fully aware of why these launch sites were built inland, and that new Chinese rockets use a coastal launch site. And that Russia never built a launch site on their east coast for the same reason.

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