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| The growing danger of space debris |
| 2012-08-01 |
| Posted by:Frozen Al |
| #6 D *** NG IT, SHE WIPED OUT THE ENEMY BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR LASER BLASTS STRUCK HER NEW HAIRDO! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-08-01 19:55 |
| #5 Oh the STAR-MANITY - finding out that our future OWG Space Defense's real mission is not to destroy wily incoming Space Rocks, but WASTE MANAGEMENT - REMOVAL, RECOVERY, + RECYCLING??? [MEL BROOKS" "SPACEBALLS" + LASER-FIRING JEWISH-AMERICAN SPACE/STAR PRINCESSES here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-08-01 19:53 |
| #4 You mean...phasers? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-08-01 18:10 |
| #3 Danger is not really growing because we are not sending up stuff very often. Having said that its been bad since the 60s. What we need is a satelite with an aimable low power laser. Let kids on the net aim the laser at junk in the orbit just below. Even a small bit of heat might change course and send them into the atmosphere a few orbits later. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-08-01 14:41 |
| #2 Decimal may be off, because that's 73 943.171 877 mile/hour (mph) (plus or minus) |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2012-08-01 11:29 |
| #1 It is a real threat. A satellite collision (see here) can be catastrophic to other human objects and people in orbit. Finding a way to remove the smallest objects is needed. A small hexnut sized object may be not much on Earth, but in orbit and a vacuum going 119,000 km/h it is lethal. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-08-01 00:16 |