space - it's not like Battlestar Galactica
I'd always kinda known that the space around earth had a lot of junk flying around it.
Particularly since last year, when the Chinese did this:
which resulted in this (1 day later):
adding 10% to the total debris around the planet.
But this is what the entire picture looks like.
Or, showing only the debris that is 4 inches (10cm) or bigger (the Chinese effort is in red):
This, of course, is only going to get worse as more things get thrown, whole or in pieces, into space.
How on earth do they successfully launch anything without it getting destroyed on the way up? INSANE!
Particularly since last year, when the Chinese did this:
which resulted in this (1 day later):
adding 10% to the total debris around the planet.
But this is what the entire picture looks like.
Or, showing only the debris that is 4 inches (10cm) or bigger (the Chinese effort is in red):
This, of course, is only going to get worse as more things get thrown, whole or in pieces, into space.
How on earth do they successfully launch anything without it getting destroyed on the way up? INSANE!