• more about #debris
    Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Well, what can I say? Planetes. [xspblog.com] #spacejunk more »
    lostarchitect: Oh, THAT'S where I left that. #spacejunk more »
    Deep-Blue: Hmm... what a coincidence that this happens less than a week after we BOMB THE MOON. This is the beginning its counterattack, mark my words... #space... more »
    psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!: That is a piece of the moon. "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!!" How I hated that chicken... #spacejunk more »
    gman112574: looks like one of the missing tiles from the bottom of the shuttle more »
    asten77: never a good thing to ground a fleet when 1/3rd of it is moving at 17kMPH more »
    nutbastard: "Engineers didn't expect it to fall from this area" ...where did they expect it to fall from then??? more »
    NurseDave: For crap sake, why can't they just let Google run the space program? We'd freaking be driving on Mars by now. Well, in beta of course. more »
    PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: It's astounding that with all the hours of planning involved there are still unpredictable events. This time it wasn't bad, but you never know what wi... more »
    TheCrudMan: There's got to be a better way to do this with the existing shuttle platform than simply covering the ET (which is disposable if I'm not mistaken) wit... more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Can someone correct me if something I heard is wrong? Is it true NASA had to switch the mixture of the foam they used to remove a potentially harmful... more »
    fuchikoma: It's interesting that this keeps happening lately when officials made vague references to the fact that in-space collisions had happened a few times i... more »
    bandit: By the way, I fly radio-contol airplanes at a local field. Sometimes we have 5 planes up at once, over a field that's roughly 500' wide by 1500' long.... more »
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Oh no! Teh kids are in trouble! Teh need an OMS burn like now! more »
    Unabageler: I'm waiting for the tapes of the first laser battle against debris: Astronaut: "Hey I got one! I got one!" Mission Control: "Don't get cocky kid." more »
    OMG! Ponies!: Again we see poor planning in space station design. Don't people understand that good design protects space stations from things like radiation, debri... more »
    ravedown: thats cool- maybe shut down the program while you're at it and refund me my tax $ NASA you bloated money pit. more »
    se7a7n7: They need a small remote robot/shield that can be moved in front of the incoming debris. How hard could that be? more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Considering they are both orbiting Earth, it makes sense that once their paths came close, they would continue to stay close until they pass each other. more »
    admoseremic: Is there anything that doesn't need laser turrets? Let's get some shields while were at it too. I will volunteer my services as the laser turret gunn... more »
  • #space

    Pensioners Attacked by Space Junk and/or Aliens

    What weights four pounds, is made of metal, and crashes through roofs at supersonic speeds? If you are a retired couple living in West Hull, Britain, the Royal Air Force says that's a chunk of space junk. More »
  • #space

    NASA Grounds Shuttle Fleet

    NASA has grounded the shuttle fleet after several pieces of insulating foam fell from the fuel tank during launch. Engineers didn't expect it to fall from this area, according to shuttle program manager John Shannon: More »
  • #space

    ISS and Discovery In Debris Collision Danger, NASA Thinking About Course Change

    I told you we needed lasers up there: The ISS is again in danger of colliding with the orbiting debris. And space shuttle Discovery is headed into it too. Cue in the Bruckheimer movie's soundtrack. More »
  • #hubble

    Satellite Collision Could Doom the Hubble Telescope

    It appears that the Hubble might end up as collateral damage from the recent collision between an Iridium and Russian satellite. Without another service mission, the Hubble may meet its end within a year or two. More »
  • #trashtronauts

    Space Is Full of Crap

    The European Space Agency has just released images showing all the satellites and human-made debris now orbiting space as a result of 51 years of launching stuff since Sputnik. That's about 6,000 satellites up there—of which only 800 remain operational—plus thousands of other objects from launches and accidents. According to their mindblowing simulations things are getting a lot worse: More »