Kerry Nock of Global Aerospace Corporation stated that the problem of
space debris is becoming increasingly more acute every year. He said
that recently one of our orbiting satellites was put out of order, and
may happen again. He suggested that once nothing can be done about the
debris, we should at least try to reduce its amount by removing broken
equipment from the orbit.
Now debris mean mainly fragments of
various satellites that no longer serve any useful purpose, but may
damage the operating units, and in some cases threaten nuclear or toxic
contamination when they fall on Earth.
According to the report
published in October of 2009 by the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs,
approximately 300,000 such objects revolve around our planet.
