Space Debris 1957-2015
In 1956, there was no manmade junk in orbit around Earth. The launches of Sputnik 1 in 1957 and Explorer 1 in 1958 changed that. And every launch that has reached orbit since then has left behind some bits of junk. Stuart Grey of University College London has created an animation of the accumulation of all of the tracked space debris, which now nearly reaches 20 000 pieces.
Looks like we need a vacuum for all the junk we've left behind or we could think of it as a very slow building progress for an anti-meteor shield ;)
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPXCk85wMSQ
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We need to develop a skin of some kind that is impervious to solid impact. Probably some kind of magnetic bottle, ultimately.
ReplyDeleteNo death star (or is there...)
ReplyDeleteIncredible...space pollution.
ReplyDeleteWe need to develop a recovery system to collect the stuff and recycle it. Before it poses a serious problem, soon they won't be able to launch anything because they might hit something. The weather prevents a launch. Oh now we have a new problem, oh we can't launch till we get a clear path thru the space stuff.. Or something like that, that make any sense... to much holiday cheer... ooppsss... :)
ReplyDeleteRich Longwalk As long as we keep wasting our resources chasing new toys for citizen and military alike, yeah, it'll take that and longer.
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