Space is littered with stages of launch vehicles when separated out, dead satellites, waste from astronaut’s suit, waste from International space station, equipment slipped by astronauts, growing occupants- CubeSats, the residue of rockets etc.
In 1983, space shuttle Challenger’s windshield was cracked by a piece of space wreck. Moreover, more than 500,000 space debris dispersed pieces orbiting the earth at 17,500 miles per hour. A tiny screw travelling at a speed of 17,500 miles per hour can evoke a catastrophic failure of any active satellite or rocket i.e if velocity is doubled then kinetic energy increases four times. The dangerously congested population of space thrash varies in sizes from 1 mm to 1 cm diameter objects are 106 million, 1cm to 10 cm diameter objects are 750,000, more than 10 cm diameter objects are 29000. The average distance between two wreckage is 190 km.
In 1978, Donal J. Kessler proposed ‘The Kessler syndrome’. The sprouting amount of space junk has an impact potential of rising higher risk of collisions in lower earth orbit. It is absurd to get telecommunication and metrological satellites orbiting geosynchronous path back on earth. Therefore, full stop on space explorations. No manned missions, no weather forecasting, no communication systems, no internet services, no global positioning system, no more research probe etc.
Accidental collisions occurred:-
- July 24, 1996, French microsatellite CERISE hit ORIANE rocket.
- February 10, 2009, Russia’s dead military communication satellite COSMOS 2251 collided with IRIDIUM 33.
- January 11, 2007, the Chinese military launched an anti-satellite missile which completely demolished FENG YUN 1C, old weather satellite into more than 4000 remnants.
- In 2014, International Space Station was relocated thrice due to the threat of contingent smashing with space debris.
Interagency Space Debris coordination committee, working on multiple projects
- Remote control robot Justin for spacewalk and exoskeleton suit.
- Space fence with optical sensors to keep an eye on 10 cm diameter objects.
- Electromagnetic net capturing debris, dragging them back to earth’s atmosphere and gradually obliterates due to friction.
- Ejecting laser beams to targeted debris.
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Sure…. I will π
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Great post indeed & the title sure gave me goosebumps…ππβ€οΈ
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I agree!
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It’ll be much worse when they get a Walmart up there…
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You tickled my funny bone with this. Conjures quite an image.
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Did you envision a greeter in a space suit?
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Yes i do….. Every single day
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Yeahh!!!!
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An interesting and informative post!
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Thanq β€
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awesome post .. thank you .. its so amazing how ,uch stuff is up there..
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Absolutely …. i hope this worth it π
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Yes thank you. I hope you had a great labor day weekend.
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Haha π…..u too
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thanks ..
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It certainly needs addressing in some way. Good and informative post. Many thanks.
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Nice
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Thanq π
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The horse is already out of the barn and in the outer pasture, with regard to Internet. There does need to be a moratorium on much of the other stuff-and that Space Force? Oh, heavens no!
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il problema dei rifiuti spaziali Γ¨ troppo spesso sottovalutato, mentre andrebbe preso in considerazione, soprattutto nel futuro, quando i satelliti in orbita cresceranno sempre di piΓΉ.
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i detriti spaziali aumenteranno sempre se facciamo le missioni con equipaggio o meno …. perchΓ© non hanno alcun controllo sulle collisioni
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Fascinating post. I had no.idea of these collisions. Well, it is time for man to start cleaning up.his mess.
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Yeahhh!!! Or it will lead to kessler’s syndrome
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We are not content with littering our own planet, we even leave our trash in space. πͺ
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Yes if alien would arrive our planet then they might chose any other planet bec of space debris
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We donβt often read or hear about this mounting problem in space. But, with each small particle a potential deadly encounter for equipment and crews, we must expend the time and resources to find a way to manage the inevitable space junk. Great article putting a complex problem in concise language. Weβve manage to create a vast circling garbage pile in the ocean, huge landfills on land and the final frontier for our littering ways is space and we have filled our space with junk too. Archeologists of the far future wonβt have to work too hard to figure out that littering was our most prolific contribution.
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Yeah!!! We don’t really hear about this …… & we need to do something … Or it will keep on increasing whether we do manned missions or not….
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Well articulated
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Very interesting! Thank you!
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Thanku for reading πππ have a nice day
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Thanks and have a nice evening looking to space! π
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An interesting post, and all quite scary as we try to ruin our own planet and then move out to space!
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yessss…. Thanku for appreciating π
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Well written, on a topic that deserves attention. Though, the image that you used to represent the debris is a little misleading. The condition isn’t that bad yet, but it will be if necessary actions are not taken. Otherwise, it’s a well written text. Keep it up.
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Well! This problem is increasing day by day…… You check….. & thanku…. Have a nice day…
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I know! I love the initiative that Elon Musk took, bringing back his Falcon 9 on Earth after every launch. Saves money and space
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Nice postπβ
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Thanku mam π
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I’d check your spelling in that second paragraph. Interesting article though.
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Interestingly enough, the sun sweeps our Earth’s space debris every eleven years, so-to-speak. Its cycle includes a brighter bit once during that period, heats the Earth more which then bulges our atmosphere in such a way that it creates just enough drag for a lot of stuff to come crashing back into a death-spiral orbit into the atmosphere. So 2024 ought to be a good year for shooting stars, you’d think.
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Also, I thought you might like this: http://stuffin.space
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This is so amazing… Thanq π
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That true….
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That was great! Thank you for providing such great information!ππ
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Thank you for reading ππ
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Well written and very informative post …
Thank you so much for sharing π
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thanq for reading ππ
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If there is so much space debris in earths orbit, why is none of it visible? I understand how small it would appear given the distance between the debris and someone on earth looking up, but shouldnβt there be something visible?
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Most of the space debris parts are small in size….. even smaller than 1cm… So it is difficult to view them with naked eye, at such a large distance
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Nice article. I remember talking about this subject many many years ago with friends. Now sadly we are coming into a time that it will become a serious problem.
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Yess it is becoming a serious problem…… Thanq for reading ππ
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What a great read! This is a fascinating topic, what sources did you use to write this particular piece?
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Thanq….. Well books & internet π
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Thanks for putting this out there. I remember I talk I attended 30 years ago about this problem. Clearly nobody did much about it since then.
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Thanq for reading π
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It would be really sad if we reach a point where we can no longer safely launch into space. I know there are some people working on a solution to de-orbit some of the junk up there. Hopefully a solution will be forthcoming.
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Undoubtedly, human’s future is in space exploration… But first we have tackle this problem…. Thanq for reading π
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Hope you are well. Will you be returning to WordPress any time soon?
Wishing you all the best
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I m perfectly fine. Yeah! I will be returning to WordPress soon. π
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Good.
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I have heard that Japan’s JAXA is cleaning debris.
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Nice to meet you too π
Yes…
https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/can-japan-clean-up-outer-space/
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This just hurts my soul… we pollute and destroy so carelessly and thoughtlessly. Iβve read a bit about this here and there and always wonder why we canβt see any of it. It must be tiny enough to where itβs just not visible.
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Yess…..
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Eek Gads! I was thinking about stowing away on one of possible Moon excursions. But now, knowing what you’ve shared, I could end up regretting even the thought of it, much like past stowaways on the Titanic. Boo hiss!
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I hope, in future humans will be able to clean earth and space ( near earth )as well.
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Ditto!π
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Yeahhhh!
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Thank you astrogirl for visiting my blog. Your site is so interesting. with an axis to the oceans. I figure, we are obviously distant cousins separated by space. Lol! I look forward to more shares. Best regards!
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thank you π
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So much space junk! It actually reminded of garbage on Mount Everest. I like how it included a lot of information but still easy to understand. -David
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Yikes! Wow. Sigh.
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That’s true
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Thats true, a space full of Trash…
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Yeah!
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Your blog is magic nice one
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Thankyou Mark π
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