How Do Spacecrafts Avoid Space Junk?

There is actually a ton of space junk that orbits the earth. NASA, The Space Force and the Space Surveillance Network keeps track of every piece large enough to be detected. But even the smallest pieces still impose a threat since they move at high velocities.

[nixynightmares]

So not only did people pollute the earth but also space ? 😭

[theairacobra]

i wish i could get encounters like that in kerbal space program

[MexiMonkey]

Aliens be like: Ew, that planet has lice

[Prince-npyu]

That's the reason that Aliens don't bother to enter earth's atmosphere 😂

[sinisterm]

I love how they made a rule where you can't litter in space but yet they're doing it

[andrewlasalle]

Bro if there are any aliens out there, the Earth must look like a redneck front lawn

[rhyanlumilay]

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune: See how beautiful of us having a ring around us!
Earth: Yo! Check my rings it forms a cage around me!

[natas]

Aliens won't talk to us cuz we trash.

[grizzysizzle]

Me dropping a purple skittle in space only to find out it brought the iss down the next morning.

[okidokidraws]

They say if it gets much worse we can be trapped on earth forever

[IberianCraftsman]

imagine an alien fleet invades and they get done in by "space junk" XD

[Mary-Love]

We are so blessed to be a part of this man's community

[scientificspell]

Fun fact: Smaller orbital debris under a cm are grouped with micrometeoroid in fact many space agencies refer this as MMOD (Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris), even the smallest of these, like paint flecks have kinetic energy to seriously damage spacecrafts

[railworld]

New business unlocked "Space junk cleaning"

[norml.hugh-mann]

...not UP TO 17500....but STARTING AT that speed
Because that's minimal orbital velocity

[OGVade]

Aliens look at our planet like: *man this shit dirty as hell. Don’t fuckin wanna be here.*

[victorbellew]

Space junk is not as much of an issue as people make it out to be. 23, 000 items the size of a softball seems like a lot until you imagine how much space 23, 000 softballs would cover on the surface of the Earth. Now expand the radius of the Earth 100 miles and you would have roughly one softball for every 2 square miles. It gets even more complex than that because of the different heights of orbits, 100 miles above the earth would be the minimum to reach space.

[bookwormd]

Everyone worrying about this: Don’t worry, a company called Astroscale is dedicated to picking up space junk so other space missions aren’t impacted by debris! The CTO of the company came to talk at my school and he explained how their satellites work. Once they detect pieces big enough to be picked up, they bring it back to the Earth’s atmosphere to be burned up, and the best thing is, it doesn’t pollute the Earth! Next step: Do that with the Garbage Patch

[AnuragBairoliya]

People: What's our defence against Alien Invasion?
Govt: Space Junk.

[evowolfe]

Space: has trash in it
MrBeast: teamspace


(Edit) this is the most likes I’ve gotten in anything thank you