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more about #spacejunk 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 » Sora57: All they have to do is add the Asteroids "Hyperspace" button. more » gotcheeze5793: yes...could you imagine a hunk of metal going crazy fast in zero gravity hurtling towards you? Its a pretty dangerous job, being an ISS astronaut. Jus... more » Weihovah: why don't they just have scotty divert aux power to the shields? more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: So wait, are you saying our only hope might be Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, and/or Walter Day? more » Software_Goddess: We really need to find a way to get a garbage truck out there before the shit really hits the fan (space station). more » DeepFriar: Have we learned nothing from Justice League Unlimited? more » spittingangels: I read the other day an article about ideas being passed around on ways to clean up junk in orbit. A couple of ideas were discussed: lasers fired in... more » MacJedi: Isn't this why deflector shields were invented on Star Trek? SO COME ON GENIUSES!!! LET'S GET TO INVENTIN! more » Hello Mister Walrus: So they climbed into a Russian space capsule to protect themselves from space debris? Did they fly away to some place safe or does the Soyuz TMA-13 ha... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: They just need to re-christen one of the remaining Space Shuttles and call it Titanic... That's guaranteed to create the disaster their hoping to avoi... more » FritzLaurel: So, I guess if they collided in space, it's not really "mid-air", is it... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: How about combining the two ideas. You use the water for sharks to swim around in, then mount lasers to their heads. Since water can't be compressed... more » Kaiser-Machead: Maybe we should send up a giant Funzo, reprogrammed to destroy satellites instead of other toys. more » Smartypantsdance: I have a solution: Wait until someone dies. Humans have a way of knowing the issue, and always staring away from it until something bad (death) happen... more » SigmundTheSeaMonster: Quark! ANd I don't mean the page layout one... more » -
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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 » -
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Space Station Crew Now Basically Just Playing a Real-Life Game of Asteroids
Sent into a panic about space junk for the second time in as many weeks, the International Space Station has been forced to reposition to dodge a four-inch chunk of Chinese rocket. More » -
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Space Station Crew Climb Into Escape Module To Avoid Passing Space Debris
Members of the ISS crew climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 capsule for about 10 minutes today as a precaution against space debris passing nearby. The threat was called off around 12:45 EDT. More » -
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Too Much Space Debris? Try a Weak Laser or a Strong Water Cannon
There are 18,000 pieces of tracked space debris in orbit—and millions more smaller bits—all potentially fatal. To nudge them towards the atmosphere to burn up, one scientist proposes lasers, another proposes water. More » -
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Satellite Collision May Have Endangered All Future Space Launches
Remember when those two satellites collided the other day? Seems that they'll be the space junk gift that keeps on giving, as their 800-km debris orbiting field could hamper all future space launches. More » -
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NASA Nearly Bombs Australia With 1400lb Ammonia Tank
Jettisoned over a year ago and expected to reenter the Earth's atmosphere on its own time somewhere in the beginning of November, one of the ISS's retired coolant tanks has careened through the Earth's atmosphere in the skies off the coast of Australia. Two lucky things happened here: the reentry took place — and this was completely up to chance — over water, and the atmosphere broke the 1400lb tank into lots of small pieces. More » -
