US EditionEndangered turtles share this Mexican beach with SpaceX rocket debris. The company says there’s no risk of harm
- Jess Elas Ibarra, director of Conibio Global, reported ongoing contamination from SpaceX rocket debris on Bagdad Beach in northern Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- The contamination started after a SpaceX rocket exploded on June 19, and debris has persisted despite cleanup efforts by a small NGO group and Mexican authorities.
- Ibarra said the group collected over one ton of waste along 500 meters of shoreline, including plastics, aluminum parts, and blue adhesive, while wildlife faces harm from vibrations compacting turtle nests.
- Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledged pollution from launches at her June 25 conference and pledged a review of rocket launch impacts, while SpaceX asserted tests show no chemical or toxic risks and offered cleanup support.
- The debris remains a significant environmental issue affecting endangered Kemp's ridley turtles and local communities, with legal actions and further collaborative cleanup expected under international laws.
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Endangered turtles share this Mexican beach with SpaceX rocket debris. The company says there’s no risk of harm
The debris arrives in the rockets’ wake: melted plastics, aluminum and pieces of blue adhesive. It all ends up stranded on the sands of Bagdad beach in northern Tamaulipas, Mexico, home to an endangered species of sea turtle. Just across the border lies Starbase, SpaceX’s launchpad and company town in what once was called Boca Chica, Texas.
MEXICO CITY.— Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum ordered an investigation following the explosion of a SpaceX rocket — Elon Musk’s aerospace company — in South Texas on June 18. The incident caused metal fragments to fall on Mexican beaches near a federal protected zone, which has generated environmental concern and diplomatic tensions. According to reports from organizations such as Conibio Global, the remains of the rocket impacted negativel…
founder of Conibio Global, told CNN that he witnessed one of the SpaceX launches and saw one of the thrusters fall into the Gulf of Mexico. International
(Mexico City=Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Jae-rim = A Mexican environmental and animal protection group has warned that the damage to endangered species caused by debris from the explosion of the Starship, a Mars exploration spacecraft developed by SpaceX in the United States, is "serious." Jesus Elias Ibarra of the Mexican non-governmental organization (NGO) Conibio Global said, "Millions of pieces of rocket debris are polluting the Mexican c…
The Mexican beach in Baghdad, threatened by space debris from a SpaceX launch, raises tension between Mexico and Elon Musk.
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