Even the universe is drowning in garbage. The American space agency Nasa is currently tracking around 20,000 pieces of waste materials, spent rocket parts, broken satellites and tons of other waste larger than a tennis ball. All these objects are moving in space at a speed of 27,360 km/h. In addition, we list about 500,000 other pieces of garbage between the size of a tennis ball and a marble. Where does this lead?
Humans do not only have a problem with waste on Earth, it is also becoming more and more pressing space debris problem, also called orbital debris, space junk, and space debris. With the increase in waste above us (annually, the amount increases by 5 percent) is also growing the role of satellite geodesy, which monitors and records waste. These are dangerous for space traffic and also for life on Earth.
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It is currently orbiting in space 20 thousand pieces, larger than a tennis ball, and half a million smaller ones, and there are more than a million of those who Us it cannot follow because of its small size. Since these figures are difficult to represent, they prepared a report at the British Royal Institute visual display, which illustrates the situation in a simple way. The graphic reveals how the space landscape has changed since we entered space in 1957 launched the first satellite (Sputnik).
