Tech | February 06, 2010 | 30 comments

Shocking Space Debris Images.

source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/shocking-space-debris-images.php

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30 comments // Shocking Space Debris Images.

  • littledunn_03
  • CalgarC
  • JanforGore
    • 0
      JanforGore  

    • The rendering is exaggerated to make a point, and it should convey a message regarding this Earth that we humans could never pollute. This mindset that the Earth is so huge that we can't effect it is bogus. We have already managed to seriously pollute the majority of waterways on this planet to the point where freshwater is becoming more scarce as each year passes. Waste, polluted water, polluted air... and then when we have exhausted space here then what? WALL-E may not be so much of a fiction.

    • 2 years ago
  • axion775
  • David_Paye
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      David_Paye  

    • Just shuttle up some Gypsies, they will sort this problem out in no time! And for not much more monies they could tarmac the moon!

    • 2 years ago
  • tonicsouls
  • BrushwithDeathToothpaste
    • +5
      BrushwithDeathToothpaste  

    • Well this should be a clear sign for the aliens to keep looking for intelligent life.

      "Look at the trash on this lawn. Let's find a better neighborhood."

      Maybe we should put Camaros up on blocks in orbit to really convey the message.

    • 2 years ago
  • EmperorThan
  • neocongo
  • bailey78
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      bailey78  

    • Just thik One little piece of space junk gets moved out of orbit. Then all hell could break loose. That chain reaction that follows would put the world in a spiral That I'm not sure we could recover from. Far worst than the twin Towers.

    • 2 years ago
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    • bailey78:

      That's not bad - a micro asteroid comes along and displaces one piece of space-junk - where quickly the ping pong-ball/mouse trap chain-reaction explodes space junk demolition derby across the heavens for two hundred years - darkening the sky and off-setting global warming, thereby saving mankind - and women.

    • 2 years ago
  • EmperorThan
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      EmperorThan  
    • bailey78:

      How do you stop a lug-nut traveling 16,000 miles per hour? My dad's answer is always "nuke it" but even if we nuked it then we'd have power blackouts on Earth from the gamma ray fallout. And possibly even MORE space "lug-nuts" floating from our bomb after any such even. And we'd have to specifically target each and every single piece of debris with a different space mission. We truly have fucked ourselves....

    • 2 years ago
  • tenletters
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      tenletters  

    • Depiction is bogus. You couldn't get that much shit in space if you launched a rocket an hour for 1000 years. You people gotta get a grip.

    • 2 years ago
  • absworldone
  • EmperorThan
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      EmperorThan  
    • tenletters:

      Uhhh yeah you're wrong. But the image has the space junk super imposed to be visible in the photo. At current rate within something like 50 years we'll be STUCK on Earth unable to leave because of flying debris even if it's just the size of a lug-nut.

    • 2 years ago
  • EmperorThan
  • flyingkick
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      flyingkick  
    • tenletters:

      The article claims there are around 10,000 debris objects in space.

      Launching a rocket an hour for 1,000 years would put 8,760,000 rockets in orbit.

      I don't think you know what you're talking about.

    • 2 years ago
  • mindcruzer
  • bailey78
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      02  

    • Everything about space exploration needs to be carried forth by firm convention. All that crap could be cleaned up by a contractor - engaged by a United Space Agency. All nations should be members.

      Worse than space hunk is the portent of destroying the environment of an entire planet by inoculating biological life-forms.
      A non-life planet could be considered a huge petri dish - where unrestrained life could go wild, totally unabated. Most of these imbeciles are not remotely thinking about this. Whole planet turns into stink-sludge.
      Imagine some aliens coming down here to have a look around and even though they felt bad about it, their biology simply eats everything in six months.

    • 2 years ago
  • Gravity_Man
  • AmericanStandard
  • mindcruzer
  • cool0ne
    • +1
      cool0ne  

    • It is so sad to see what we did to this planet.

      "What have they done to the earth?
      What have they done to our fair sister?
      Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
      Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
      And tied her with fences and dragged her down "

      The Doors When The Music's Over Lyrics

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw

    • 2 years ago
  • Gravity_Man
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      Gravity_Man  
    • cool0ne:

      Each little piece of space junk casts a big shadow. We could be looking at the cause of the next Ice Age... caused by 10,000 shadows. On the other hand this is really Great News the Atlantic water won't be heating up after all. Here's hoping the animals have a extry fur coat laying around. Maybe we aren't doomed after all, just the animals and a few measly plants.

    • 2 years ago
  • PressCore
  • absworldone
  • Progresshiv
  • pukemnukem
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