The Earth's Satellites, Visualized By Nation
source: http://gizmodo.com/5460493/the-earths-satellites-visualized-by-nation
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As data visualization has become more popular, bad infographics have started to crop up more and more frequently. Thankfully, we can always rely on Michael Paukner to make very, very good ones. Here he shows the satellites orbiting our planet.
Russia, as you might expect, has a whole lot of satellites that are no longer functioning. China is responsible for a surprisingly large amount of tiny space trash, though I'm not exactly clear on what that is. America, of course, is responsible for the largest amount of space trash.
Seeing how many broken satellites remain in orbit instantly reminded me of the scene in Wall-E in which the Earth of the future is seen enveloped in a layer of orbiting techno-trash. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
http://gizmodo.com/5460493/the-earths-satellites-visualized-by-nation
Russia, as you might expect, has a whole lot of satellites that are no longer functioning. China is responsible for a surprisingly large amount of tiny space trash, though I'm not exactly clear on what that is. America, of course, is responsible for the largest amount of space trash.
Seeing how many broken satellites remain in orbit instantly reminded me of the scene in Wall-E in which the Earth of the future is seen enveloped in a layer of orbiting techno-trash. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
http://gizmodo.com/5460493/the-earths-satellites-visualized-by-nation
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remanns
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I think Big mother needs to make big brothers tidy up the space they live in.
p.s.-I want the poster.
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remanns
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jubal
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That is quite amazing to see the visual presentation of the distribution of data pictured that way. I thought it was brilliant.
- 2 years ago
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jubal
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PajamaDan
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Disgusting. This is a clear-cut sign of our greed, destruction and idiocy. Look at us - not only do we produce terrestrial garbage,... but also space trash. And space debris and nonworking satellites lie there, orbiting, crumbling and disrupting,... with no plans to be removed.
Just proves that our destruction knows no bounds. - 2 years ago
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