The Rubbish Dump in the Sky

On 4 October 1957 the first satellite, Sputnik was launched.
Since then, thousands of space craft have been sent into space. Every two weeks new satellites are put into orbit.Unfortunately, space is being polluted by debris from these space flights. More than 70.000 objects have been left in space.

Parts of rockets have been left. Old satellites have been abandoned. Other items, including glove, a spanner, and a cammera,have been lost by astronauts. The situation up there is becoming dangerous. Both Russian and American spacecraft have been damaged.

An Astronaut would be killed if he or she was hit by a piece of rubbish. It would cost billions of dollars to collect all the debris,but if nothing is done, the situation will only get worse. Sooner or later a satellite will be destroyed by a large pieces of rubbish and
thousands more pieces of debris will be scattered!

ZOMG, Thats HORRIBLE! >.<