Orbital Trash a Problem With No Immediate Solution, Growing Exponentially

Posted on May 24 2013 by Spectrevision SecretSanta

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Our technology can get us to space, but once there, we still aren’t too flexible. Earth orbit is clogged with debris because we simply don't have an easy way to clean it up. According to the European Space Agency (ESA) there are 17,000 tracked objects in orbit (and a total of 29,000 objects greater…

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Space Debris - How It Got There, What To Do About It? | Video

Experts have estimated that there are 29,000 objects 10 cm or larger orbiting Earth. Only 7 percent are working satellites. The European Space Agency is looking at ways to mitigate the threat.

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