Today 8:23 am
We have been shooting stuff up into space since the 1950s/1960s
Today we have a situation where theres so much stuff up there and it could fall back 2 earth anytime.
China is probably the biggest contributer they did a missle test and sattelite launched afew years ago which was the largest source of space debris in afew decades.
A 1 centimeter piece of space junk would have the power of a hand grenade falling back 2 earth and much of it alot bigger than that.
""As if you didn't have enough to worry about, the risk of space junk causing a catastrophic chain reaction that profoundly affects life on Earth rose significantly in 2024, according to the latest annual analysis from the European Space Energy (ESA).The numbers are mind-boggling. ESA estimates there are now more than 1.2 million orbiting objects larger than 1cm and more than 50,000 larger than 10cm. Of the enormous number of orbiting missiles, only 40,000 are individually tracked by surveillance networks.
The number in that category rose by 8% last year. Part of that increase is attributable to the August explosion of China's Long March 6A rocket, one of the worst junk-generating incidents in decades. “If we extrapolate current trends into the future, as before, catastrophic collision numbers could rise significantly,” the ESA report said."
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/ca ... worse-2024
Today we have a situation where theres so much stuff up there and it could fall back 2 earth anytime.
China is probably the biggest contributer they did a missle test and sattelite launched afew years ago which was the largest source of space debris in afew decades.
A 1 centimeter piece of space junk would have the power of a hand grenade falling back 2 earth and much of it alot bigger than that.
""As if you didn't have enough to worry about, the risk of space junk causing a catastrophic chain reaction that profoundly affects life on Earth rose significantly in 2024, according to the latest annual analysis from the European Space Energy (ESA).The numbers are mind-boggling. ESA estimates there are now more than 1.2 million orbiting objects larger than 1cm and more than 50,000 larger than 10cm. Of the enormous number of orbiting missiles, only 40,000 are individually tracked by surveillance networks.
The number in that category rose by 8% last year. Part of that increase is attributable to the August explosion of China's Long March 6A rocket, one of the worst junk-generating incidents in decades. “If we extrapolate current trends into the future, as before, catastrophic collision numbers could rise significantly,” the ESA report said."
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/ca ... worse-2024