Space trash

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Space Debris Space Debris, Space Junk, The Tipping Point, Mind Blowing Facts, Earth Orbit, Isaac Newton, International Space Station, Earth From Space, Telescopes

Space junk, space debris, space waste — call it what you want, but just as junk and waste cause problems here on Earth, in space spent booster stages, nuts and bolts from ISS construction, various accidental discards such as spacesuit gloves and cameras, and fragments from exploded spacecraft could turn into a serious problem for … Continue reading "Space Debris Illustrated: The Problem in Pictures"

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Kessler Syndrome: We're Slowly Trapping Ourselves Under an Umbrella of Space Junk | Digital Trends Hubble Space Telescope, Space Trash, Space Debris, Space Junk, Space Launch, Cleaning Robot, Earth Orbit, Hubble Space, Space Telescope

Kessler Syndrome is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit is high enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascading effect that ultimately traps humanity beneath a ceiling of space junk. We spoke to the man who coined the term.

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