US EditionGrowing Space Junk Crisis Raises Alarms Over Orbital Safety
- A piece of spaceborne garbage came close to the International Space Station in November, prompting the seven astronauts on board to brace themselves.
- NASA reported that the debris could have passed within 2 ½ miles of the station's orbital path if it had not changed course.
- Space traffic experts have warned about the increasing congestion in Earth's orbit for years, raising alarms over safety risks.
- The European Space Agency stated that the rising threat of collisions jeopardizes humanity's future in space due to the proliferation of debris.
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The Fresh ToastCannabis 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,…
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 …
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…
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