Popular Mechanics (South Africa)
JUNK?
Nomatterwhatyoucallit– spacejunk,spacedebris,space trash–itallreferstothesame thing:deadobjectsinspace. What’sinterestingisthatthere isalotinorbitrightnow,in additiontoactivesatellites. Fromspentrocketstagesfrom space-programmelaunches thatarewaitingtoexplode, topiecesofdefunctsatellites, theseobjectsarezooming uncontrollablyaroundthe Earthatimmensespeeds, withthepotentialtocrash intoeachotherandcause evenmorespacejunk.