Nasa forces 1,000ft ISS 'swerve' to dodge debris 'headed towards station'

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Nasa warns ISS over debris ‘headed towards spacecraft’ NOW and readies evasive manoeuvre

Kessler Syndrome is a concept thought up by the Nasa scientist Donald J. Kessler.

It refers to the idea that a chain reaction of exploding space debris could create so much space junk in the Low Earth Orbit that we'd be trapped on Earth. It could also mean we wouldn't have the use of satellites because they'd be broken up during the collisions. The theory is based on the fact that there are already millions of micrometeoroids orbiting Earth, along with all the new manmade items we're putting up there.This could then trigger a chain reaction of exploding space junk, leaving Earth's orbit full of fragmented pieces of satellites and space debris.

Services like GPS and television rely on satellites so Kessler Syndrome could change people's lives forever.This could ruin safe space travel.Credit: Science Photo Library/ Corbis

 

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Aren’t you forgetting how much space debris was created by the good ol’ US of A - that you guys never report?

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