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jacksonpt

jacksonpt

Turbo Monkey
Jul 22, 2002
6,791
59
Vestal, NY
I was reading an article on CNN this morning about how space debris hit the shuttle recently blah blah blah...

It got me thinking. We launch all this crap into space (shuttles, rockets, satellites, etc)... I know space is a rather large area, but at what point do we need to start thinking about doing something with the garbage after it has served it's purpose? I guess it shows just how short-sighted people can be...
 
I Are Baboon

I Are Baboon

Vagina man
Aug 6, 2001
32,746
10,698
MTB New England
Don't forget, the astronauts also shoot their feces and urine into space. I feel bad for the alien who has a human turd smack their UFO windshield.
 
N8 v2.0

N8 v2.0

Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Oct 18, 2002
11,003
149
The Cleft of Venus
Wrap 'er feeble minds about this:

Only 4% of the matter/energy in the universe can be seen/observed the other 96% is dark matter and dark energy.
 
noname

noname

Monkey
Feb 19, 2006
544
0
outer limits
jacksonpt said:
I was reading an article on CNN this morning about how space debris hit the shuttle recently blah blah blah...

It got me thinking. We launch all this crap into space (shuttles, rockets, satellites, etc)... I know space is a rather large area, but at what point do we need to start thinking about doing something with the garbage after it has served it's purpose? I guess it shows just how short-sighted people can be...
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a lot of it just orbits the Earth or falls back into the atmosphere and burns up. I recall several years ago a 6" crater in one of the shuttles wings from a spec of paint that was orbiting the Earth. Terminal velocity for something that small is rather fast.........
 
Biscuit

Biscuit

Turbo Monkey
Feb 12, 2003
1,768
1
Pleasant Hill, CA
jacksonpt said:
It got me thinking. We launch all this crap into space (shuttles, rockets, satellites, etc)... I know space is a rather large area, but at what point do we need to start thinking about doing something with the garbage after it has served it's purpose? I guess it shows just how short-sighted people can be...
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Your such a hippie.

Instead of tree-hugger can I call you "space-hugger"?
 
Konabumm

Konabumm

Konaboner
Jun 13, 2003
4,384
87
Hollywood, Maryland, United States
jacksonpt said:
I was reading an article on CNN this morning about how space debris hit the shuttle recently blah blah blah...

It got me thinking. We launch all this crap into space (shuttles, rockets, satellites, etc)... I know space is a rather large area, but at what point do we need to start thinking about doing something with the garbage after it has served it's purpose? I guess it shows just how short-sighted people can be...
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We already don't give a Sh!t about our planet what in the hell makes you think anyone would care about space?
 
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George_SATX

Chimp
Apr 10, 2002
6
0
San Antonio, TX
Here's what I don't get. In EVERY state here in the US, if I toss trash out of my car because I don't want to transport it home with me, I can get fined hundreds if not a couple of thousands of dollars for littering. So why is it OK for our government to do exactly the same thing in outter space?

Here in Texas, we have the "Don't Mess with Texas" campaign to discourage littering. What should it be for the cosmos?
 
lovebunny

lovebunny

can i lick your balls?
Dec 14, 2003
7,317
245
San Diego, California, United States
jacksonpt said:
I was reading an article on CNN this morning about how space debris hit the shuttle recently blah blah blah...

It got me thinking. We launch all this crap into space (shuttles, rockets, satellites, etc)... I know space is a rather large area, but at what point do we need to start thinking about doing something with the garbage after it has served it's purpose? I guess it shows just how short-sighted people can be...
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as said before. objects in space are still affected by earths gravity. so their orbit deteriorates after a while. things that stay in space for a long time need a boost every now and then. like the hubble. it eventually slows down and loses altitude, when it does this they take a shuttle up and put it out farther so it can stay in space
 
eaterofdog

eaterofdog

ass grabber
Sep 8, 2006
9,206
2,728
Central Florida
lovebunny said:
as said before. objects in space are still affected by earths gravity. so their orbit deteriorates after a while. things that stay in space for a long time need a boost every now and then. like the hubble. it eventually slows down and loses altitude, when it does this they take a shuttle up and put it out farther so it can stay in space
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Uhh, ever heard of inertia? Just because it's orbiting the earth doesn't mean it's slowing down, UNLESS it's low enough to drag in the atmosphere.
 
SkaredShtles

SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
67,858
14,181
In a van.... down by the river
George_SATX said:
Here's what I don't get. In EVERY state here in the US, if I toss trash out of my car because I don't want to transport it home with me, I can get fined hundreds if not a couple of thousands of dollars for littering. So why is it OK for our government to do exactly the same thing in outter space?

Here in Texas, we have the "Don't Mess with Texas" campaign to discourage littering. What should it be for the cosmos?
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Cost/benefit. It costs you alot less to take your garbage home with you. I be it's a heinously expensive prospect to bring all the crap back to earth with them.
 
SofaKingBanned

SofaKingBanned

Monkey
Aug 31, 2006
347
0
Leave it there.

When we discover how to create fussion energy from garbage, we'll make a scoop for space ships to gather the garbage as they float in space waiting for repairs. Then it'll be converted to clean energy.

Seriously. Space is huge, we've got more important stuff to worry about.
 
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