Common Sense, Right?...so why is it years after the first launch into space and the many launches since, by many countries, No Agency is collecting & disposing of Space Junk from Earth?
The first rocket which actually launched something into space was used to launch Sputnik, the first satellite October 4, 1957...however, first rocket which could fly high enough to get into space was the V2 missile which was first launched by Germany in 1942.
Some may remember Andy Griffith as Harry in the 1979 TV Show "Salvage 1" Harry also had a home-made spaceship which he sometimes used to reclaim junk satellites.
from James Yoder...There are an estimated 21,000 pieces of debris larger than 4 inches (10cm) currently in orbit around our planet, from dead satellites and bits of used rockets to a missing spatula, a lost glove and a stray toothbrush.
Stuff in Space created by James Yoder, an electrical and computer engineering student at the University of Texas at Austin, allows users to see exactly what objects are floating around out there, giving their location, orbit and speed.
With the tool, it is also possible to search of specific objects using their international designator code used to identify spacecraft and debris.
1" equals 1 Billion Miles (not to scale, my humor)
below is a video of "Space Junk in Motion" and the sounds from Space, as recorded by D.R. "Doc" Young - 21 Jul 2015 - for your own experience of watching Space Debris from your Computer http://stuffin.space/
An Awesome Thank you James Yoder - alumnus of FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 624 and an incoming Electrical and Computer Engineering freshman at the University of Texas at Austin.
Contact: info@stuffin.space
Is the End Near or Sooner ?
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