Growing Space Junk Crisis Raises Alarms Over Orbital Safety

Cannabis Can Keep You From Freaking Out About Kessler Syndrome

By Anthony Washington, The Fresh Toast And like a holiday blockbuster – people have something new to worry about – but marijuana could come to the rescue. Blockbuster disaster movies always have something destroying major cities. Now scientist are citing the very real evidence we could have space junk crashing and having a big impact on the planet. Kessler syndrome, proposed by NASA scientists Donald J. Kessler and Burton G. Cour-Palais in 1978,…

Why Are People Concerned About Kessler Syndrome?

Scientists warn a build-up of space junk could prove catastrophic.

What Is Kessler Syndrome And Why It Has Scientists Worried For Future Of Space

Kessler Syndrome is a hypothetical scenario proposed by NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978.

Shortly before Christmas, a United States Air Force weather satellite broke into 50 pieces: one of the four recent "fragmentation" events in orbit that have caused experts to alert about the so-called Kessler syndrome. Kessler syndrome, named after the American astrophysicist Donald Kessler (who first warned about its risks in 1978), basically describes a reaction in space debris chain, in which equipment colliding in orbit creates uncontrolled …

Warning Kessler Syndrome could disrupt vital communication networks

Experts are warning of the imminent danger posed by increasing space collisions, which could have serious consequences for Earth.

Shafaq News/ Professor Vishnu Reddy, from the University of Arizona, stated that scientists fear a catastrophic event due to the rapid increase in the amount of space debris around the Earth. Vishnu Reddy, a professor at the University of Arizona, said in a television interview: "The number of objects we have launched into space over the past four years has increased dramatically, which is a situation that we have always feared." It has been con…