So much junk in Earth’s orbit, so much mass lost from Earth is accumulating in Earth’s orbit. Who would clean it? So, who is to blame for the junk from the satellites that wear and tear? No charge, you earned dollars with it? Why not clean the space junk now?
Earth spins, rotates, and revolves, Moon’s friction, Asteroids’ pull, and the Sun’s gravity towards Earth all need to take care of Earth’s mass. More of it, inertia as well, which depends on mass and how mass is distributed in the area. So, things like sending huge masses from Earth to Mars, or like planets, can affect Earth’s processes? They say it’s negligible weight when we compare it to Earth’s mass. Well, Earth has a huge mass, around 5.97 10^24 kg and tonns of mass is lost regularly with loss of gasses through atmosphere. But its all landing up in Earths orbit!
How much weight has been put in Earth’s orbit as satellites and space junk? This can block so much, mess with natural processes!
So, can we keep sending things to space?
Now, data centers are planned in space?
Does anyone care about what Earth’s orbits are like?
It’s good that data centers in space would save a lot of energy by relying directly on the sun as a source, saving huge energy consumption on Earth.
But what would be the size of these orbital data centers?
How much weight would they carry?
What would happen to these data centers in Earth orbits when they are phased out due to wear and tear by asteroids or the sun’s heat? More space junks? In say 5 years time, who would clean the mess in space then?
A Junkyard it would be then?
Anyone to guide on this or regulate it?
Should we not worry about the messy orbits of satellites carrying space junk?
Who would clear space junk from Earth’s orbits?
Or does everyone just want to make a garbage pile in space as it exists and then explode as in the Philippines, as it has in recent days?
Orbital data centers are good? But what cost does it impose on Earth, not just on vendors?
As per internet there are over 9,000 metric tons of human-made debris in orbit.
Time to clean space junk, before we send more things to orbits.
Lets make our orbits healthy again.
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Note: These images are generated by Meta AI. These show junk in space.