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Uploaded by on Jun 27, 2011

by Michael Reher

For over 50 years now we have been launching satellites into space to explore our planet and the rest of the universe. But satellites are very expensive so in order to save money after they are dead we just leave them to orbit forever, becoming space debris and polluting low earth orbit. This pollution is dangers to current and future satellites because these objects are moving so fast that if they collide the results are devastating. Such was the case of the Iridium-Cosmos collision in 2009 that turned 2 objects into 1500 much smaller objects. This video is a Public Serves Announcement meant to inform and educate the population outside of the aerospace community of why we have space debris and why it is important that we work together to clean up space.

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  • i dont know why but i have a feeling u re stoned like hell during the vid..and after ofcourse!!

  • Thannks for this amazing video.

    It helped me for my physics project!

    Nice one

  • xaxaxax oreos

  • Metrane kai oi politikoi ??

  • @coachbrp true, but uranium, neodymium, gold, and other valuable heavy metals weren't made from decomposing dinosaurs. That's why finding another Earth-like planet could be an invaluable discovery.

  • Not likely to find resources on other planets. Most of the useful resources found on Earth are here because of the interaction of life, time and geologic processes.

  • check out the video  HOPE 20X

    would this help?

  • Probably magnets

  • @WhiteGangster400

    How about NASA sends you up to LEO without any thick blast shields to protect you from pieces of space garbage going at over 1 kilometer per second?

    Then we'll see if it's not a problem.

  • @WhiteGangster400 The trash in the oceans does not just float up onto all the beaches. The ocean currents pull it to specific places like the North Pacific Gyre "Great Pacific Garbage Patch". The Atlantic also has a garbage patch. You can search and find lots of pictures of the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch".

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