RE: What are we going to do about all the space junk?

Jonathan Reeves (JonathanR@mail.iclshelpdesks.com)
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:09:15 +0100

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Danny Yavuzkurt wrote:

> I was just taking a look through the US Space Command's page, and I 

>happened upon their 'Satellite Boxscore' page
>(http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace/boxscore.htm)... I was pretty taken
>aback by the sheer amount of (known) junk there is out there.. how long
is
>it going to be before the more-used orbits will be completely inaccessible
>due to sheer human messiness?... this could be a serious obstacle to our
>development as a space-faring species..

Absolutely. And a waste of resources - we've spent a lot of money getting the stuff up there we might as well try and use it, rather than let it float around endangering shipping.

Any ideas?


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Danny Yavuzkurt wrote:

>       I was just = taking a look through the US Space Command's page, and I
>happened upon their 'Satellite Boxscore' = page
>(http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace/boxscore.htm)..= . I was pretty taken
>aback by the sheer amount of (known) junk there = is out there.. how long is
>it going to be before the more-used orbits will = be completely inaccessible
>due to sheer human messiness?... this could be a = serious obstacle to our
>development as a space-faring species..

Absolutely.  And a waste of resources - we've = spent a lot of money getting the stuff up there we might as well try = and use it, rather than let it float around endangering = shipping.


Any ideas?