Space Junk Problem Reaches Tipping Point
It’s bad news for all you aspiring space tourists out there. Soon, the only ticket into space may be of the suborbital variety and nothing more ambitious, like actually flying into orbit.
Earth is now surrounded by so much space junk that a leading expert on the issue has declared that we are at a “tipping point” — it may soon become too dangerous to venture into low-Earth orbit (LEO) through fear of having a manned spaceship punctured or a communications satellite trashed.
Ian O’Neill on the nightmare scenario of the Space Age.
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Well shit. Not only have we fucked the planet, but we’ve also managed to fuck the immediate area surrounding the planet....
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