Category:Space Pollution: Difference between revisions

February 2018

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3438/1

Human activity in space has generated a massive amount of space debris, which has doubled in quantity over the last 15 years. The congestion of orbits is dangerous for both satellites and the International Space Station (ISS). In fact, a single event or collision between objects can seriously increase the amount of debris in space.

There are two main approaches to the issue of space debris congestion: cleaning debris with new technologies and implementing programs to prevent the creation of more debris.