tags: NASA, space debris, Space Junk, space exploration, streaming video
Humans and garbage .. after you watch these videos, you'll ask yourself if humans can do anything -- even go into space -- without creating a huge trail of garbage? This space garbage is extremely dangerous, too. For example, 10-gram piece of debris can generate a collision force in space equal to the crash of a car traveling at 100 km per hour. Because of our trashy ways, it won't be long until space vehicles cannot leave earth because of the thickening belt of garbage circling planet.
The news story:
Or maybe you would prefer to just watch an animation that shows the build-up of space junk throughout the years around the planet:
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