Remember the recent incident in the International Space Station – where the crew had to abandon it to save their lives. That was not any asteroid or space thing - they had threat from. Some thing was manufactured on the earth and was dumped into space by a NOBODY.
They do experiments, create machinery with millions of dollars collected from people, and leave it to some junk to destroy it! How drastic? This junk is small but very dangerous, and rotates in high velocities around the earth. It is potential of this momentum that makes them so destructive.
There are around tens of thousands of bits of space junk revolving around the earth. Thus, it makes it very crucial to sweep them off their orbit around the earth. This project can cost millions and might possess high amounts of risk. But it is still important.
They do experiments, create machinery with millions of dollars collected from people, and leave it to some junk to destroy it! How drastic? This junk is small but very dangerous, and rotates in high velocities around the earth. It is potential of this momentum that makes them so destructive.
There are around tens of thousands of bits of space junk revolving around the earth. Thus, it makes it very crucial to sweep them off their orbit around the earth. This project can cost millions and might possess high amounts of risk. But it is still important.
