I have come across this article "The Problem of Space Debris" which was posted at the U.S.News. and would like to share it with you.
Technology in one form or another (talking about everything under the skies) is being utilized by mankind in all its day-to-day activities (day in and day out). Technology rules governments, business industry, household, man...himself. It controls the skies and the waters. But maybe some have ruled out the absolute fact that technology is man-made. It may have its successes, but man is controlling it and enhancing it and maintaining it, but can destroy it as well. I just want to leave this absolute question for all of us to reflect upon: Something like this (article stated) happens, and it destroys half of all what is supporting our technology down here, what will happen?
I ask this question not because I oppose technology but it gave me something to think about what if something goes wrong? I myself cannot find a definite answer to that question. What could mankind do when situations like this happen?
China 's test adds to the perils for satellites
Posted December 4, 2007
Three months earlier,
Many of these chunks are big enough to threaten satellites and equipment in lower Earth orbit, including the international space station. The Air Force Space Command has identified and is tracking 2,229 pieces of debris from the test that are at least as large as a softball. "Anything that size or larger, if it collided with a satellite, would equate to instantaneous death for a satellite," Until now many of these Feng Yun remnants have been seen and observers say that a 20 percent jump—to 11,800—in the size of its catalog of space objects of concern, including satellites and debris, after the test. (In all, analysts track more than 17,300 objects in space, but the rest have yet to be identified with certainty.)
Chinese scientists told western counterparts that their calculations suggest the risk of collision has increased by less than 1 percent. But
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