Cosmic garbage alarm from space exploration projects

NASA estimates that more than 500,000 fragments are floating at speeds of up to 28,162 km / h (17,500 mph) around the Earth. Two fragments from the space that fell into Myanmar on Thursday (November 10) are likely to be parts from a crashed plane, rocket, satellite, or from the Tiangong-1 space station.

Two cases fell consecutively

A mining plant in northern Myanmar has become a desolate place because a large space debris hit last Thursday. In addition, a small piece of debris with signs in Chinese also destroyed the roof in a nearby village. Fortunately, no one was injured in two incidents.

Image of parts falling into Myanmar - Global New Light, Myanmar.

Larger pieces are cylindrical and about 4.5 m (15 ft) long, with a diameter of just over 1m."Metal pieces are thought to be part of a satellite or part of an aircraft engine or rocket," the local source said. The Chinese government does not speak out about the incident even though both fragments are thought to be of the same origin from China.

Last month China's Tiangong-1 spacecraft fell into the Earth's atmosphere. Maybe it was one of the debris from that ship. This incident shows that space waste is increasing and debris is floating around our planet. NASA estimates that more than 500,000 fragments are floating at speeds of up to 28,162 km / h (17,500 mph) around the Earth.

Alarming situation

Space waste is the "product" from human space exploration projects. Most of the fragments are old, from satellites that stop working or shuttle parts of the shuttle.

Due to the high speed of travel, these pieces can be dangerous to the World Space Station and active satellites, as well as human space shuttle or other space transport vehicles. They can also collide with Earth at any time, similar to what happened in Myanmar.

More and more cosmic garbage is floating in space.

Fortunately, there are solutions to deal with the problem of debris in space, such as using lasers or dust clouds. A group of scientists from Switzerland even suggested launching a satellite equipped with a special grid to collect space debris. There have been many praiseworthy efforts, but the most comprehensive solution is that every country should allocate resources to help clean up the debris in space.

The idea of ​​a spaceship specializing in cosmic garbage collection.

"If we want to bring people to Mars or we can make space travel, we have to ensure the safety of space trains from those debris because they are capable of destroying the orbit of spacecraft " - NASA spokesman said.