Comments on: Now, here’s something new to worry about: space debris https://thenewneo.com/2023/01/30/now-heres-something-new-to-worry-about-space-debris/ A blog about political change, among other things Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:15:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Roy https://thenewneo.com/2023/01/30/now-heres-something-new-to-worry-about-space-debris/#comment-2664272 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:15:34 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123853#comment-2664272 The speeds of orbital objects are indeed “faster than a speeding bullet.” However, for recovery or garbage collection, the speed you have to worry about is *relative* speed. That’s the difference in your speed and the speed of the object in question. If you are traveling the same speed and direction as that bullet, then you should be able to just reach out and grab it. The problem is that there are so many smallish objects out there it becomes tougher to collect them all. We won’t even touch on the differences between circular and elliptical orbits. Really, though, all you need to do is slow an object down enough so that it will reenter the atmosphere on its own and burn up. Sounds simple. Right?

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2023/01/30/now-heres-something-new-to-worry-about-space-debris/#comment-2664181 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 08:44:45 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123853#comment-2664181 I guess NASA et al. never got the “Please Don’t Litter” memo….
(Hope they do better WRT “Please Pick Up After Your Canis Major/Canis Minor”…)

…and for those wondering what a spin-cycle icon is doing up there in outer space…
“Mysterious spiral formation appears among stars above Hawaii”—
https://nypost.com/2023/01/30/mysterious-moving-spiral-appears-among-stars-above-hawaii/

]]> By: Rufus T. Firefly https://thenewneo.com/2023/01/30/now-heres-something-new-to-worry-about-space-debris/#comment-2664171 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 05:53:06 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123853#comment-2664171 Boobah,

My point on Ehrlich is he assumed people’s behavior is static. Just like many people who make dire predictions about climate change ignore human adaptation. Humans are very clever monkeys.

]]> By: Boobah https://thenewneo.com/2023/01/30/now-heres-something-new-to-worry-about-space-debris/#comment-2664160 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 04:35:55 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123853#comment-2664160 @Rufus T. Firefly

It was less that Ehrlich got population growth wrong; it was that he hadn’t noticed the ongoing Green Revolution. That is, food production was going way, way up.

On the other hand, it’s true either way that people react to trends, and pretending that doesn’t happen is the heart of it.

]]> By: SCOTTtheBADGER https://thenewneo.com/2023/01/30/now-heres-something-new-to-worry-about-space-debris/#comment-2664157 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 03:31:33 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123853#comment-2664157 It is all eventually going to burn up on reentry. Gravity will out.

]]> By: Another Mike https://thenewneo.com/2023/01/30/now-heres-something-new-to-worry-about-space-debris/#comment-2664129 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 01:17:06 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123853#comment-2664129 Speaking of space junk…. this showed up the other day in my YouTube “right margin”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHbLV7xEhc

It appears that Apollo-11 is still with us, or at least parts of it are hanging around.

]]> By: Geoffrey Britain https://thenewneo.com/2023/01/30/now-heres-something-new-to-worry-about-space-debris/#comment-2664127 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:59:58 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123853#comment-2664127 Worry about things you can do something about.

]]> By: Liz https://thenewneo.com/2023/01/30/now-heres-something-new-to-worry-about-space-debris/#comment-2664111 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 23:41:49 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123853#comment-2664111 And, Elon is adding thousands of Starlink stations to give everyone internet connections.

On another matter – S. Curry is complaining about an affordable housing project by his $30 million house – https://freebeacon.com/democrats/lib-nba-star-stephen-curry-opposes-affordable-housing-near-his-30-million-mansion/ Another NIMBY creature…

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2023/01/30/now-heres-something-new-to-worry-about-space-debris/#comment-2664087 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:49:50 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123853#comment-2664087 om, a way to cloud the globe and End Global Warming. 🙂

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2023/01/30/now-heres-something-new-to-worry-about-space-debris/#comment-2664084 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:48:01 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123853#comment-2664084 Laser ablation. What could go wrong? Maybe
generate a cloud of deadly micro debris from one larger deadly particle?

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