Someone (who shall remain nameless for their own protection) once asked me in all seriousness why we don’t just send all our garbage into outer space! Guess what? We have. Well, not ALL of it…but, a lot. There’s enough trash out there for scientists to have stuck a name to the [prophetic] scenario wherein the amount of debris orbiting the Earth would prevent us from launching satellites into orbit. It’s called Kessler’s Syndrome.
And the really bad thing about Kessler's Syndrome is the part where it explains that the impact between two objects would create more debris. This debris would then hit other objects, creating even more trash. It just gets worse as the pieces of rubble get smaller and smaller! The more pieces there are out there, the greater the chances of another impact.
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NORAD acts as a kind of air traffic controller for everyone by keeping track of all this floating junk so that there are no collisions. We need to protect our satellites. Without them, we wouldn’t have the Internet or GPS navigation. We wouldn’t be able to forecast the weather, or watch TV, or spy on our neighbors. Without them, we'd have to forget space travel altogether---forever!
Of course, "ETERNITY" - for us - might not be that long.
Scientist are working on ways to clean up this mess. Clean Up link
Here is a link about the IMAX documentary movie. SPACE JUNK 3D
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For myself, I have renewed my efforts to create something from my own stash of trash which I have called The Flotsam Project. [see sidebar]
I can't clean up Outer Space and I can't clean up the Earth, but maybe I can clean up around my house? Or at the very, very least - around my desk.
Maybe I could do something like this?
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