the “new” problem of nuclear space trash
February 12, 2009 1 Comment
by twit
The Wall Street Journal says:
A commercial satellite owned by a U.S. company was destroyed in a collision with a defunct Russian military satellite in what NASA said was the first such accident in orbit, raising new concerns about the dangers of space debris.
and they helpfully include this image with the article:
Getty Images
A computer-generated artists impression released by the European Space Agency depicts an approximation of 12,000 objects in orbit around the Earth.
NEW concerns? There is that much crap floating around in our atmosphere and now that there has been a major crash of two satellites, now we have NEW concerns?
Industry officials say Iridium has identified the Russian craft as a Cosmos series satellite launched in 1993, weighing more than a ton and including an onboard nuclear reactor.
Recent Comments