Saturday September 03, 2011
Orbital Junkyard:
Space Debris Reaches 'Tipping Point'
Orbital debris has reached a 'tipping point' that could prove disastrous, according to a new report.
The amount of space junk currently in orbit could lead to a self-sustaining chain reaction and drastically worsen the problem.
From Reuters:
Some computer models show the amount of orbital debris "has reached a tipping point, with enough currently in orbit to continually collide and create even more debris, raising the risk of spacecraft failures," the research council said in a statement released Thursday as part its 182-page report.
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