Über 6.600 Tonnen Weltraummüll schweben in der Erdumlaufbahn herum
https://newatlas.com/space/6-600-tons-space-junk-earth-orbit/
Über 6.600 Tonnen Weltraummüll schweben in der Erdumlaufbahn herum
https://newatlas.com/space/6-600-tons-space-junk-earth-orbit/
7 Kommentare
There has to be a market for someone to harvest this, even if companies that use space are forced to pay a fee to support that service. The energy cost of getting something into orbit is so high that just deorbiting it seems like a huge waste.
Just shoot all our missiles at them. What could go wrong?
And a lot of it has the spaceX logo on it too. It’s also ruining the view for astronomy too.
6,600 tons is not a lot of material and space is big. Also unless it’s powered it’s coming down eventually.
What goes up must come down is the saying right
And earth is hit daily with 40 – 100 tons material because of nature.
„For its part, the ESA plans to have the ClearSpace-1 debris removal spacecraft remove the suitcase-sized PROBA-1 satellite (used for tech demonstrations) from orbit in 2028. Built by Swiss firm ClearSpace, it weighs about 112 kg and can grab space junk using four ‚claws.‘ Tokyo-based Astroscale also offers debris removal services. Both companies have been contracted by the UK Space Agency to remove a bunch of non-operational British satellites by next year.“
I hope they pull through. High time we deal with the space debris