Space junk: Why it is time to clean up the skies

omegaman · #1 06-20-2012, 01:54 PM

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2012...ace-junk-alert

Saquist · #2 06-20-2012, 07:34 PM

This is one of the reasons why I dislike the Ares Constellation Program because we'll continuing dumping in debris into the lower Earth Orbit The shuttle left no Debris in orbit. The ET always burned up. We need to get back to this.

omegaman · #3 06-20-2012, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Saquist

This is one of the reasons why I dislike the Ares Constellation Program because we'll continuing dumping in debris into the lower Earth Orbit The shuttle left no Debris in orbit. The ET always burned up. We need to get back to this.

I agree. Soon we will have no avenue of escape because of the wall of junk up there. We need a cleanup crew up there now.

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