SpaceX decided to not use explosives to stage separation (because its' too unpredictable), but the side effect of using only hydraulics is... that they do not produce new space junk which will orbit of the Earth...
... but they are actually pioneers in sending "junk" to orbit of the sun and some day this will cause a situation like that (watch from ~2:30 ) :D
Ok, That's a Kewl video, but I have to do a little disagree here... Yes, Space Junk is a problem that needs to be address.. but I hardly believe there would not be some kind of decent deflection shielding in place by then to take care of those little annoyances.. Another has suggested shooting it to the sun, or bring it back to earth... both ideas sound silly to me... What really needs done, is a collection ship, that collects what it finds out in space, and recycles/repurposes it instead of wasting lots of easily used natural resources.. I believe the first one to build a recycling plant in space is going to be rich.. I'm thinking about it.. maybe I"ll be first.. anyone interested in joining the project???
Unless you can fire it out past the heliopause like Voyager, it's just going to keep circling around the sun forever. Better to plunge it into a planet. Or the sun.
Yes, Space Junk is a problem that needs to be addressed.. but I have to do a little disagree here... someone has suggested shooting debris to the sun, or bring it back to earth... both ideas sound silly to me... What really needs done, is a collection ship, that collects what it finds out in space, and recycles/repurposes it instead of wasting lots of easily used natural resources.. I believe the first one to build a recycling plant in space is going to be rich.. I'm thinking about it.. maybe I"ll be first.. anyone interested in joining the project???
I think the problem (besides the technical issues of collecting something flying at 20,000 mph) is the actual amount of material is not really that much. If you recycled all the space junk, it would probably not be worth the cost it took to fly into space in the first place.
SpaceX decided to not use explosives to stage separation (because its' too unpredictable), but the side effect of using only hydraulics is... that they do not produce new space junk which will orbit of the Earth...
... but they are actually pioneers in sending "junk" to orbit of the sun and some day this will cause a situation like that (watch from ~2:30 ) :D
Ok, That's a Kewl video, but I have to do a little disagree here... Yes, Space Junk is a problem that needs to be address.. but I hardly believe there would not be some kind of decent deflection shielding in place by then to take care of those little annoyances.. Another has suggested shooting it to the sun, or bring it back to earth... both ideas sound silly to me... What really needs done, is a collection ship, that collects what it finds out in space, and recycles/repurposes it instead of wasting lots of easily used natural resources.. I believe the first one to build a recycling plant in space is going to be rich.. I'm thinking about it.. maybe I"ll be first.. anyone interested in joining the project???
L8
The Gray Wizard
(aka: Matt)
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If we could only throw them away into deep space..
why into deep space? Why not directly into sun?
Unless you can fire it out past the heliopause like Voyager, it's just going to keep circling around the sun forever. Better to plunge it into a planet. Or the sun.
Yes, Space Junk is a problem that needs to be addressed.. but I have to do a little disagree here... someone has suggested shooting debris to the sun, or bring it back to earth... both ideas sound silly to me... What really needs done, is a collection ship, that collects what it finds out in space, and recycles/repurposes it instead of wasting lots of easily used natural resources.. I believe the first one to build a recycling plant in space is going to be rich.. I'm thinking about it.. maybe I"ll be first.. anyone interested in joining the project???
L8
The Gray Wizard
(aka: Matt)
I think the problem (besides the technical issues of collecting something flying at 20,000 mph) is the actual amount of material is not really that much. If you recycled all the space junk, it would probably not be worth the cost it took to fly into space in the first place.