tes hover above one spot in synchronized rotation with the earth transmitting information from their focal area.
The image reveals the entry hole created on Space Shuttle Endeavour’s radiator panel by the impact of unknown space debris.
But the real collision risk comes from an estimated untrackable 170 million debris smaller than 1 cm (0.4 in). This flying flotsam is highly dangerous, not only because of its destructive nature but, as Galacti points out, it may have already reached ‘critical density.’
This is a point at which more space debris is being created by launchings and collisions–than is being removed by natural forces like falling out of orbit and being burnt up in the atmosphere. which some experts believe. This starts a chain reaction of pulverizing more and more space debris.
Small objects such as flecks of paint don’t leave a large impact but, like a piece of gravel cracking your windshield as you drive, they deteriorate highly polished lenses and solar panels. Another factor is speed, this space debris is traveling at Mach 9, nine times the speed of sound and can make shreds out of a satellite. Hypervelocity impacts cause metals to act like fluids and at extreme hypervelocity both impactor and target are vaporized.
We’ve harnessed the confines of space for man’s necessities, to communicate more and faster, to get better forecasts, to scrutinize the globe for natural resources–and in so doing to what extent are we emptying a glass that was full?
This blog post is an excerpt from chapter 1.5 of Audit of the Universe
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