Is Earth Surrounded by Deadly Space Junk? | Latest Scientific Discoveries & Inventions from 2023

You will be surprised to know that our lovely planet is surrounded by trash. Yes, you heard it right! It’s surrounded by man-made space debris, not cleared by space research organizations, fully responsible for generating it. So what exactly is space debris? Well, space debris is nothing but defunct or non-functioning space machinery that keeps orbiting our planet. Examples include dead satellites, rocket boosters, discarded parts of a defunct spacecraft, etc. By the way, did you know that the International Space Station, has to constantly change its orbit, to avoid deadly collisions, with orbiting space junk?

A recent letter published in the journal “Science” proposes a novel solution. According to the proposal, countries whose space organizations are responsible for generating space junk, must also make it a point to clear it from our planet’s orbit. The proposal is basically asking for international legislation to address the ever-growing issue of man-made space trash. If approved and implemented, the legislation would have major implications in the area of space research. For example, every time NASA or China’s space research agency launches a satellite into orbit, it also needs to ensure, that the satellite enters safely into a “non-critical” orbit or safely crashes into an ocean after it becomes non-functional. Humans are good at creating trash. However, this newly proposed legislation may now empower an international policing agency to punish countries that forget to flush. The number of satellites orbiting our planet is expected to increase to 60,000 by the year 2030. This proposal, therefore, needs to be considered seriously. Subscribe to SciTech Vault, for research that matters.

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