Bad Astronomy -
13 Jul 2016 17:58
Space junk is becoming a real problem. It's a serious issue. There's a common misconception that things in space are just kindof floating out there, moving slowly--and given videos of spacewalks and what we see in movies, that's understandable. But it's wrong. There are thousands of satellites orbiting the Earth, moving at incredibly high speeds. Note the plural, "speeds"; not everything is traveling at the same speed or in the same direction. Two objects moving at 25,000 kph in different orbits...
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