European Space Agency Issues Troubling Warning About All Of The Space Junk Surrounding Earth

European Space Agency Issues Troubling Warning About All Of The Space Junk Surrounding Earth

space-junk-debris-surrounding-earth The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a warning about all of the space junk surrounding Earth and how it could cause significant issues in the future. There is so currently much clutter floating in space around the planet that it may cause some orbits to become unusable in the future. “Even if we created no new space debris, it would not be enough to prevent a runaway series of collisions and fragmentatio…

Environmental catastrophe looms as reckless Starship threatens fragile ecosystems

The future of space exploration raises ethical and ecological concerns as NASA eyes a likely successor to the International Space Station—which is set to retire by 2030—which faces legal challenges due to environmental concerns, rocket explosions, and big financial risks. The fragile coastal wilderness of Boca Chica, Texas, stands on the brink of irreversible destructionContinue reading "Environmental catastrophe looms as reckless Starship threa…

Last October the United States Space Command reported the breakup, due to unknown causes, of the Intelsat 33e satellite, which disintegrated leaving behind about twenty fragments. Something that for some members of the [...] The entry What is Kessler Syndrome and why is it so worrying to scientists? was first published in Cadena Dial.