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I'm confused. Does the space junk need to be cleaned? If it's on low orbit, it will suffer atmospheric drag and will eventually fall back on earth; if it's on h
by userulluipeste 13y ago
I'm confused. Does the space junk need to be cleaned? If it's on low orbit, it will suffer atmospheric drag and will eventually fall back on earth; if it's on higher orbits then it doesn't differ much from other "natural" junk that existed since before space age. Am I missing something here?
- gizmo686 13y agoI think the problem is that the space junk from us tends to be in a stable orbit, because we specifically positioned it to be in a stable orbit. And it would tend to inhabit the same elevation as we like our satellites. Also, I suspect that most natural junk would not still be in orbit, as it would likely have already fell back to Earth, or left orbit. This isn't to say that all of the junk is ours, but it makes sense that a significant amount is.