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Re: Interesting...but do we have the space?
Over time, most space junk will de-orbit and burn up, but unfortunatly much of it is in orbits that will take hundreds or even thousands of years to decay on their own... Most "space junk" will never pose a hazard to people on the ground, but it certainly is posing a danger to people and equipment in orbit.
Nasa has this image of the damage that a "fleck of paint" made when it impacted. It looks like what you might expect a .30 calibre bullet to do when it hits 2" steel plate.... and it was only a spec of paint... |
