Space Debris

There are thousands upon thousands of pieces of space junk ranging from very small screws and bolts to old
de-commissioned satellites.

There are then millions of undetected pieces that pose tremendous risk to space exploration. All these items are now orbiting our Earth and it got me thinking about recycling and how we could harness this space debris either back to earth or used and recycled in space for future space exploration.

This would alleviate useage of Earths natural resources to further building of new satellites. It would also lessen the risk of space accidents due to real risks of this debris colliding with space craft or striking astronauts while they're working outside on a life support line.

There has been so much wastage of potentially recycleable material on Earth just as there is so much wastage of recycleable material orbiting our Earth.

It's great to discover by researching, that developements are taking place, of finding ways to minimise space debris and finding better effective ways, for the removal of rubbish that is presently contributing to the bad effects of the Earths field both on the planet and her surrounds.

This is a small extract taken from the link below in ways of removing space junk from the Earths orbit. Very interesting stuff.

"CubeSail" is a device which can be fitted to satellites or launch vehicle upper stages that are sent into orbit and then can be deployed to successfully de-orbit equipment that has reached the end of its mission".

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100327145501.htm


This next link asks some interesting questions about space debris. It definately got me thinking.

http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/unspace/garbage.htm



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