Humanity may not be living on the moon just yet, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t left a mark on its surface. Or marks, if you will – about 400,000 pounds of it. That number is the estimated, collective weight of all the human trash that’s accumulated on the face of Earth’s satellite. Shocking as … Continue reading We’ve already begun trashing the moon: A summary of what’s been left up there
Video game orbital lasers come to life: Chinese engineers propose to zap space debris out of orbit with giant lasers
After decades of sending rockets and satellites into space, low Earth orbit has since become polluted with all manner of orbital debris. Also known as space junk, it’s believed that there are well over 170 million pieces of orbital debris circling the earth, all of which are fragments of missions onto space. Currently, space agencies … Continue reading Video game orbital lasers come to life: Chinese engineers propose to zap space debris out of orbit with giant lasers
Nearly ALL communications satellites could be obliterated in the next few years from a cascading “explosion” of space debris
Space junk is an imminent menace to communications satellites, scientists are warning. Satellites, particularly of a military variety, are already under potential threat from ground-based hostile aggressors with missiles, lasers, kinetic weapons, cyber attacks, and other disruptive measures. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist, as it were, to realize that space trash left behind by prior missions, … Continue reading Nearly ALL communications satellites could be obliterated in the next few years from a cascading “explosion” of space debris
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 