Artwork showing space debris in low and geostationary Earth orbit. Space debris includes thousands of inactive satellites, fragments of broken up spacecraft and equipment lost by astronauts. This artwork is based on density data, but is not to scale Photo: European Space Agency/Science Photo LibrarySpace So Full Of Junk That A Satellite Collision Could Destroy Communications On Earth -- The Telegraph
Space is so littered with debris that a collision between satellites could set off an “uncontrolled chain reaction” capable of destroying the communications network on Earth, a Pentagon report warned.
The volume of abandoned rockets, shattered satellites and missile shrapnel in the Earth’s orbit is reaching a “tipping point” and is now threatening the $250 billion (£174bn) space services industry, scientists said.
A single collision between two satellites or large pieces of “space junk” could send thousands of pieces of debris spinning into orbit, each capable of destroying further satellites.
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My Comment: There is a lot of redundancy in our communications grid .... still .... a perfect storm of disruptions could result in severe disruptions that will impact everything .... including our military that is dependent on uninterrupted communication networks.
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They should draw the picture to scale . . . the way it is presented now the "pieces" would be hundreds of miles in diameter.
Just another faux image concocted for propaganda purposes in support of a cause.
The only thing missing is a hockey stick graph.
Hockey stick graph (I am well aware of the global warming/cooling debate).... I like that.
But I agree .... aside from war or a major solar event (and a mean a major solar event) .... our communications grid is safe.
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