Starting out with a news video I watched on Fox about the issue of space junk in orbit and the potential problems this could bring to us as a species
jacked into technology that relies on satellites 24/7; this is something that certainly needs to be taken into consideration and kept in mind for
future events that could be classified by some on here as false flag attacks or the doom of the century.
The orbit around Earth is a very messy place and the Pentagon’s far-out research arm wants to do something about it. The Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency put out a notice yesterday requesting information on possible solutions to the infamous space debris problem.
“Since the advent of the space-age over five decades ago, more than thirty-five thousand man-made objects have been cataloged by the U.S. Space
Surveillance Network,” the agency notes. “Nearly twenty-thousand of those objects remain in orbit today, ninety-four percent of which are
non-functioning orbital debris.”
The United States Department of Defense has taken into account this issue and has begun a program to track all debris larger than 4 inches, this is a
start but all that seems plausible right now is tracking as most ideas that are heard of right now are very costly to put it simply.
These satellites are traveling at tens of thousands of miles per hour, a single collision could be catastrophic with a small piece hitting something
larger and shattering it, causing even more debris to form and go onto to pose even more risks to our orbital networks.
Many of the older satellites put into orbit in years past have had their locations lost and now we have to figure out where the heck they went to so
we can at least know when and where this stuff might happen.
Everything from paint flecks to screwdrivers to tool bags to booster rocket parts" is orbiting the planet, notes Kaku, pointing out that if more
satellites are damaged, communications could be set back 80 years or more.
If we don't do something about this then we are going to be hurting when it comes down to the general position of any country with reliance on
satellites. The United States, Europe, Russia, China, Japan, etc. are all going to be hurting if we don't do something about this.
We need better regulations too when it comes to wanting to put up new satellites for upcoming nations so we don't worsen the problem for everyone.
This makes space travel all the harder if we want to just go for an expensive low orbit flight to feel weightless for a while. And think about our
space programs and everything in general, the ISS and everything is going to be put in the dumpster if no solution is found.
Regular airline travel would be forced to a halt due to a lack of GPS tracking systems to keep large numbers of aircraft from flying into each other.
The tracking systems for counteracting against potential ICBMs would be restricted to short range and could put millions of lives more at risk due to
a massive slash in our reaction time.
ATS could not work like it does, the different individuals from around the world could not come here and have our little discussions and debates all
the time.
Any ideas ladies and gentlemen to try and combat this problem? I'm sure somebody here has something, there are plenty of people here with the
expertise or at least some common sense for this.
Fox News Article
Pentagon and Space Junk Wired News
Edit 200911071958: Edited and replaced size of aircraft picture.
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