Luckily, the scorched remnants of the European satellite fell harmlessly from the sky. Even so, there are millions of pieces of space junk
that swarm around in earth's orbit at blistering speeds, according to
NASA, and some of it reenters the planet's atmosphere every day.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Space Junk Is All Around Us
If you needed any reminder of the vast amount of stuff orbiting the
third rock from the sun, consider the one-ton European science satellite
that just ran out of fuel, plunged back into earth's atmosphere, burned
up into a fiery mess, and dumped debris across the southern Atlantic.
Luckily, the scorched remnants of the European satellite fell harmlessly from the sky. Even so, there are millions of pieces of space junk
that swarm around in earth's orbit at blistering speeds, according to
NASA, and some of it reenters the planet's atmosphere every day.
Luckily, the scorched remnants of the European satellite fell harmlessly from the sky. Even so, there are millions of pieces of space junk
that swarm around in earth's orbit at blistering speeds, according to
NASA, and some of it reenters the planet's atmosphere every day.
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