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What if the Earth Had Rings?

Posted September 15, 2010 11:31 AM

From Boing Boing:

Short answer: Bad news for space travel. And this isn't just idle speculation for boozy astrophysicist parties. Space junk—spent rockets, lost astro-screwdrivers, satellite parts—could form rings around our planet as surely as water, ice and dust encircle Saturn. Scientists have been especially concerned about satellite collisions, where debris from one wreck could trigger a futuristic 12-car pileup.

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Re: What if the Earth Had Rings?

09/16/2010 3:38 AM

The start of a chain reaction?

What about a real life space game with a "star war" laser to evaporate the junk or ad it to the body of the craft. The wasted time on computer games can be put to good use.

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09/16/2010 6:35 AM

But it does!

http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3D.html
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09/18/2010 10:09 AM

I wouldn't call it rings, More like a blanket........ of Space Junk.

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09/16/2010 5:05 PM

...ye'olde "junkyard-in-the-sky" debris "ring"

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