People in Brazil are examining debris believed to have belonged to a European spacecraft in 2014. Photo: Getty. Sea of ​​Japan (also known as East Sea) The phenomenon of space debris falling to the ground and causing damage was first recorded in 1969. That year, Japanese diplomats informed the United Nations of an unidentified object from space falling from space. down and collided with a Japanese cargo ship moving off the coast of Siberia (Russia). The collision seriously injured five crew members. Not long after, a Soviet ship at that time appeared to search for the wreckage. The Japanese official said the debris was identified by experts as part of a Soviet spacecraft. However, this information was initially kept secret by Tokyo because it did not want to create a conflict with Moscow, according to AP. Northwest Territories, Canada The danger of objects from space became apparent in 1978, when Cosmos 954, the Soviet Union’s atomic-powered satellite, crashed to Earth. The incident caused radioactive debris to be scattered throughout the Northwest Territories, Alberta, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. After the incident, the Canadian government organized a large-scale “Operation Morning Light” to search for tiny pieces of radioactive material that fell on the Arctic tundra. The cost for this campaign is nearly 14 million CAD (equivalent to 11.5 million USD). A fragment of the satellite Cosmos 954. Photo: United States Department of Energy. Canada demanded compensation from the Soviet Union at that time in the amount of 6 million CAD (equivalent to 5 million USD), but Moscow ended up paying only half of that amount. State of West Australia, Australia In 1979, Skylab – the first space station of the US Space Agency (NASA) – broke up while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. The incident caused a lot of debris to fall across the farm town of Esperance in West Australia, Australia. The Skylab space station was photographed by the last crew before it broke up on July 11, 1979. Photo: NASA. “It’s the most beautiful fireworks display you’ll ever see,” Brendan Freeman, a retired farmer, told ABC. The debris did not cause major damage, but for fun, the town of Esperance authorities wrote a $ 400 NASA fine for littering. NASA did not pay the fine, possibly out of fear of setting an unfavorable precedent. In 2009, a DJ in the city of Barstow, California (USA) called for fundraising and brought the fine to pay the town of Esperance. Lakeport, California, USA Early one weekend in 1987, a retired aircraft mechanic living in a town near Mendocino National Forest in northern California heard what sounded like gunfire outside his bedroom window. After searching, he discovered a scorched metal piece more than 2m long lying in the alley next to the house. An analyst with the US Air Force determined that the object was most likely a piece of debris dropped from a Soviet missile. This rocket has previously been seen flying across the sky while burning up and falling to Earth. “It’s interesting because things like that don’t happen around here very often,” Maggie Pickle, the mechanic’s neighbor, told the AP. Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Lottie Williams holds up a piece of debris that hit her shoulder from a US Delta II rocket in 1997. Photo: Tulsa World. One morning in 1997, Lottie Williams was walking with friends in Tulsa City Park when she saw what appeared to be a comet streaking across the sky. This object fell on Mrs. Williams’ shoulder, but the impact was very light, almost without feeling. This object was determined by scientists to be most likely a fragment of a US Delta II rocket. The fragment was kept by Mrs. Williams as a souvenir. “I had to be very lucky for the debris to be so light. It was one of the strangest things that ever happened to me,” Williams told NPR in an interview years later. East Texas and Louisiana, USA, In 2003, the US space shuttle Columbia broke up while re-entering the atmosphere, killing 7 astronauts on board. In places where the debris of the shuttle hit the ground, temporary memorials were erected for the crew. People in rural areas along the Texas-Louisiana state border reported seeing debris from the ship falling into a water storage tank or through the roof of a dental office. Someone even tried to sell a fragment on the e-commerce site eBay for $ 10,000. In the end, 84,000 pieces of wreckage from the wrecked ship were collected after an extensive search in swamps, woodlands, and grasslands. These debris were used to rebuild the ship and determine the cause of the disaster. Ivory Coast In May 2020, another Chinese Long March 5B rocket also crashed to Earth. The rocket was initially thought to have landed in the Pacific Ocean, but some people reported hearing a sonic boom and seeing metal shards falling from the sky. This shows that some parts of the Long March 5B missile fell on the village of Mahounou, in Ivory Coast. China’s Long March 5B rocket launch in late April in Hainan province. Photo: Getty. However, there were no reports of human casualties after the incident. The discovery of a piece of pipe more than 12 meters long also seems to help this area get more attention. Grant County, Washington State, USA The most recent space debris incident occurred just over a month ago, when a rocket owned by private aerospace company SpaceX exploded over the Pacific Northwest. The explosion created a “show of light,” which some initially mistook for a meteor shower, according to The Verge. A piece of equipment from the rocket fell on a farm in Washington state, leaving a mark more than 12cm deep in the ground, The Verge reported. A similar object was also discovered by fishermen off the Oregon coast a few days later, but authorities have not confirmed whether this is debris from a SpaceX rocket.

After playing the full 90 minutes in the 0-0 draw against Spain, Cristiano Ronaldo continued to be named in Portugal’s starting line-up in a friendly against Israel. He was side by side with Diogo Jota, Bernardo Silva on the attack of the 4-3-3 formation. Ronaldo played energetically in 72 minutes on the field. He and his teammates created an overwhelming match against the away team. After a few missed opportunities, CR7 put his name on the scoreboard in the 44th minute. The 36-year-old striker received the ball from Bruno Fernandes before shooting decisively, leaving goalkeeper Ofir Marciano to his hand. This goal helped Portugal enter the break with a 2-goal lead. Ronaldo has 104 goals for Portugal. He is only 5 goals behind Ali Daei’s all-time record (109 goals for Iran). With the current state, the day CR7 surpasses the senior is not far away. When Ronaldo got his first goal for Portugal, full-back Nuno Mendes (number 25) was only 1 year old. Israel is the 42nd national team to be conceded by Ronaldo. The two teams that received many goals conceded by the superstar born in 1985 are Sweden and Lithuania (with 7 goals). Not only Ronaldo, but Bruno Fernandes is also a prominent player in the 4-0 win over Israel. The midfielder on the Man Utd payroll played for 90 minutes, contributing to the 3 goals of “Seleccao”. In the 42nd minute, Bruno cleared the deadlock for the home team with a precise one-touch finish from Joao Cancelo’s cross. Only 2 minutes later, the midfielder in 1994 continued to make a mark with a slot for Ronaldo to score. In injury time in the second half, the 26-year-old star closed the day with a sublime shot that defeated the entire defense of the visitors. Cancelo was also not to be outdone when he contributed a beautiful goal after an impromptu action from the right wing in the 86th minute. The main kick at the Euro 2020 finals is difficult to escape from the star who is wearing the Man City shirt. Portugal entered the Euro campaign with 6 consecutive unbeaten matches. On June 15, Ronaldo and his teammates will meet Hungary in the opening match of the “group of death”. Ronaldo warns teammates at Juventus In the latest press conference, Adrien Rabiot revealed Cristiano Ronaldo’s excitement before the confrontation between France and Portugal at Euro 2020.

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What factors contributed to the 18.3% rapid growth of GDP in the first quarter?

On April 16, at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the operation of the national economy in the first quarter of 2021, Liu Aihua, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics and Director of the General Statistics Department of the National Economy, responded because of the low base in the same period last year and the local Chinese New Year. As a result of the increase in working days, the year-on-year growth rate this year has shown a different trend from previous years. Judging from the year-on-year situation, due to the gradual recovery of market demand, the low base of the previous year, and the on-site Chinese New Year, the main indicators have shown double-digit growth.

Liu Aihua said that in the first quarter of this year, in the face of the winter and spring epidemic test and the uncertainty of the external environment, the results of the overall planning of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development have been consolidated and expanded. On the whole, my country’s economy has continued to recover steadily, with a good start.

The characteristics are mainly reflected in five aspects: First, the production demand continues to improve. Because of the low base in the same period last year and the increase in working days caused by the local Chinese New Year, the year-on-year growth rate this year showed a different trend from previous years. Judging from the year-on-year situation, due to the gradual recovery of market demand, the low base of the previous year, and the on-site Chinese New Year, the main indicators have shown double-digit growth. In the first quarter, the gross domestic product increased by 18.3% year-on-year, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 24.5%, the total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 33.9% year-on-year, fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) increased by 25.6%, and total imports and exports of goods increased by 29.2%. . The year-on-year growth rate of these indicators is double-digit.

From the quarter-on-quarter perspective, the main indicators continued to grow. In the first quarter, the value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 2.01% from the fourth quarter of the previous year, the total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 1.86% from the previous quarter, and the fixed asset investment increased by 2.06% from the previous quarter. From the two-year average growth rate, in the first quarter, GDP grew by 5% in two years on average, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size grew by 6.8% on average in two years, the total retail sales of consumer goods grew by 4.2% on average in two years, and investment in fixed assets for two years. The average growth rate was 2.9%, and the two-year average growth rate of total imports and exports of goods was also close to 10%. Liu Aihua said that based on these indicators, the overall economy is in a stable recovery state.

Second, employment prices are generally stable. In the first quarter, the surveyed unemployment rate in cities and towns across the country averaged 5.4%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.4%. Among them, it was 5.3% in March, down 0.6% year-on-year. In the first quarter, 2.97 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country, fulfilling 27% of the annual target and tasks. From the perspective of prices, consumer prices in the first quarter remained flat year-on-year. In March, the decline of 0.2% in the previous month turned to an increase of 0.4%, indicating a relatively moderate increase.

Third, the rapid growth of new kinetic energy. In the first quarter, the high-tech manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 31.2% year-on-year, and the two-year average growth rate was 12.3%. The added value of the equipment manufacturing industry increased by 39.9% year-on-year, and the two-year average growth rate was 9.7%. These two growth rates are faster than the overall growth rate of all industries above designated size. Investment in high-tech industries increased by 37.3% year-on-year, with an average growth rate of 9.9% in two years, which was 7 percentage points faster than total investment. The output of smart low-carbon products has grown rapidly. In the first quarter, the output of new energy vehicles, industrial robots, and microcomputer equipment increased by 3.1 times, 1.1 times, and 73.6% respectively year-on-year, and the average growth rate for the two years exceeded double digits. New business formats and new models continue to emerge. New models such as live streaming, online diagnosis and treatment, and remote office are developing well, and online and offline integration is speeding up. The online retail sales of physical goods in the first quarter increased by 25.8% year-on-year, and the two-year average increased by 15.4%, accounting for 21.9% of the total retail sales of consumer goods.

Fourth, the quality and efficiency have been steadily improved. First look at corporate profits. From January to February, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 1.79 times year-on-year, an average increase of 31.2% in two years; service enterprises above designated size turned losses into profits, achieving a total profit of 169 billion yuan, compared with the same period last year. in loss. Residents’ income continued to increase. In the first quarter, the national per capita disposable income increased by 13.7% year-on-year in real terms, with an average growth rate of 4.5% in two years; rural residents’ income grew faster than urban residents. Energy consumption per unit of GDP continued to decline. According to preliminary calculations, energy consumption per unit of GDP in the first quarter fell by 3.1% year-on-year.

Fifth, market expectations are stable and improving. In March, China’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index was 51.9%, an increase of 1.3 percentage points from the previous month, and was in the boom range for 13 consecutive months; the non-manufacturing business activity index was 56.3%, an increase of 4.9 percentage points; the composite PMI output index was 55.3%, an increase of 3.7 percentage points.

Liu Aihua said that the economic recovery in the first quarter of this year continued, and positive factors were accumulating. At the same time, we must also see that the international epidemic is still spreading, the international environment is still complex and severe, the foundation for domestic economic recovery is not yet solid, and some service industries and small and micro enterprises are still facing more difficulties in their production and operation. “We still have to continue to follow the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference and the government work report to further increase the relief of enterprises, maintain the continuity, stability and sustainability of macroeconomic policies, and promote economic stability and recovery.”

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