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Space Waste Facts
Fact 1: On February 6th, 2018, Elon Musk and his company SpaceX launched the first car into space. Elon’s personal Tesla Roadster is on an infinite loop of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” You can even track its location here.
Fact 2: In 2007, China deliberately destroyed one of their weather satellites to test a new weapon. That test contributed to over 3,000 pieces of space debris — the largest ever tracked.
Fact 3: A piece of space debris can reach speeds of 4.3 to 5 miles per second. That’s nearly 7 times faster than a bullet and just about the equivalent of being hit by a bowling ball moving at 300 miles per hour.
Fact 4: There are about 4,700 satellites still in space, but only an approximate 1,800 are still working.
Fact 5: Donald Kessler, a NASA scientist, imagined what is now known as “Kessler Syndrome” in which he theorized that continuous collisions of man-made objects in space will potentially destroy telecommunications and keep humanity trapped on Earth.
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