Trash Bins In Space to Eliminate the Junk?
SatNews found the following article to be of potential interest to our subscribers, courtesy of Trevor Williams University of Victoria Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate:
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Spatial Traffic Problem = Satellite Collision
A commercial satellite collided with a Russian satellite over Siberia on February 10th. This yielded a cloud of fragments, according to a NASA scientist tracking space debris.
Read MoreHow To: Maintain Security in Space 2009
Information regarding this year's programs and people of Secure World Foundation reveals an action-oriented agenda for 2009. Foremost is ensuring space security . . .
Read MoreKazSat-1 Is No More…
With the phrase, "That's it. It's gone," Talgat Musabeyev, the head of Khrunichev, announced the total disappearance of the KazSat-1 satellite, which entered its orbital slot in June of 2006.
Read MoreTrash Bags Not Included with ESA’s Space Situational Awareness
Yesterday we reported about one of the meetings the European Space Agency (ESA) conducted in The Hague, and another matter that was addressed was that outer space is swarming with a wide array of operational spacecraft, as well as littered with human-made hazardous space debris.
Read MoreIn Order To Protect And Serve Against Asteroid Anxieties…
For the past two years, the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) — the international organization of astronauts and cosmonauts from 33 countries — has been developing a program to protect the Earth from asteroid impacts.
Read MoreDusting May Be Hazardous To… Life!
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, LONDON: August 16, 2007—Satnews Daily—As a gentle reminder, life is precious…
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