It's everywhere.
Space Junk News has taken over the web.
When this webpage first went online 4.5.11, it was alone in the google search with only NASA's Orbital Debris page showing up because all the words appeared somewhere in the article.
Today, there are stories via every wire service on Earth announcing that it is time to do something.
That's five months from non-existent to major threat, yet little has actually changed in Space.
The threat is no greater today than it was five months ago, or even five years ago.
The truth is, this is a concerted pitch to create new awareness, doubt, and confusion while lobbying for funds to build a laser satellite remover.
That sounds a lot like a weapon to me.
What's the difference between nudging a failing telecomsat and booting a foreign spy satellite?
BEWARE!
Take a minute and recall the recent deluge of Climate Crisis confusion.
It will pale by comparison once this story gets rolling.
At least we had time to get used to Environmentalism over afew decades before the big $$$ jumped in and turned it into "Scare the Kids '07".
Picture how scared they are going to get when threats to their personal devices are mentioned.
They'll go for anything to keep those satellites up there tweeting and twittering away.
If the first choice is build a laser, they will say how fast?
Twitter is going to finance a huge Earth Based Laser System without even knowing it.
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That sounds pretty bad to me.
That is why I offer COMSATG2.
That and the awareness that much of what you are hearing about Space Junk is total mis-information.
NASA says much of the junk is 'launch debris'...parts of rocket systems orbiting within the grid of satellites.
From NASA..."The most common source of orbital debris larger than 1 centimeter (0.39 inches) is the explosion of objects orbiting Earth. These are often rocket upper stages. They can contain fuel or high-pressure fluids."
The prevailing wisdom from those who understand orbital mechanics says...no can do.
The debris is from exploding orbital objects.
Launch debris does not remain in Earth orbit because it never had the thrust to achieve orbital insertion.
And, in the range from Earth to 300 miles...( where the vast majority of telecomsats reside )...debris of any sort will not remain in orbit because gravity and atmosphere have already begun to control the objects fate.
It's going to burn up in a very short time.
That eliminates a very large part of the potential problem if Orbital Guys are right and NASA is wrong.
But, since most people know so very little about any of this, we'll never be sure who to trust.
Just exactly like The Climate Crisis.
STAY TUNED...THERE'S MORE ON THIS TO COME.
Can you say hoodwinked again?
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THE BASICS...TEACHER BY DEFAULT...WELCOME TO EASY SCHOOL...
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SPACE JUNK NEWS...
THE QUICK VERSION...
I’ve considered the Climate Crisis, ( including Environmental issues of every sort ), added Near Space as part of Earth’s Environment, and decided that the way to generate $$$ for Alternative Energy Development is...reduce telecommunications launch costs by a factor of ten, or more...while eliminating the potentially Niche Crushing threat of Space Junk.
Have a look...your participation will liberate countless billions for Energy Research and provide an imminently re-trainable group of Scientists, Physicists, Engineers and support teams...with little or no disruption to the Economic Infrastructure.
Help project COMSATG2 into the public consciousness.
This vehicle is the ticket to a brighter future for all.
Enjoy!
RE...UPDATES...
When there is Good News to report in the world of Space Junk, I will certainly update you.
In the meantime...constant monitoring is available... ( according to google )
contact... smythspace@gmail.com ...copy/paste
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NOTE...50 years is half of a Century...
not half of a Millennium, as is incorrectly stated in the video.
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The Near Space Crisis...here we go!
Consider that it took countless Millennia for us to generate a species threatening mess on Earth.
We have littered Near Space with immediately threatening, potentially niche crushing junk in the blink of an eye.
Telecommunications, our Global Lifeline, is under threat from Space Junk!
The Global Economy will screach to a halt the first time international banking is in doubt...no instant transactions...no cash flow...no goods to market...no nine billion Humans thriving on Planet Earth.
Picture what would happen to Global Commerce without GPS.
You will be hearing more and more about this impending disaster, because it is real and our leaders have no reasonable solution.
Do you want your tax dollars used to develop an Earth based laser system, ostensibly designed to remove the junk, or some vague notion of a Space Sweeper to be deployed by rocket launch...creating more debris?
These are some of the problems we face as long as Space Junk proliferates.
Reportage is scarce, but building rapidly.
We're being prepped for the next big Globalization issue.
It's not the first time we've been set up ( think Climate Crisis ), but if this one takes hold it could be the last.
Take a quick review of what has transpired since The Climate Crisis became our Global doom and gloom boogeyman.
Basically, the Climate Industry has established itself as essential to our future well being...like it or not...believe it or not.
It's been a little over four years since Algore and his shill, Sir Richard Branson kicked things off with their Scare the Kids Tour.
They created a market for their hype, fostering doubt and fear among Earth's young people...those with the most at stake in the future...the perfect target market.
And we fell for it...green guilt became ubiquitous...because it came to us in a deluge via Telecommunications.
Now, it does not matter where you stand on the Global Climate issue...Iacta Alea Est.
The primary considerations come down to doubt, and reliance on the people who made the mess to suddenly develop a conscience and clean it up.
It does matter where you stand on the Near Space Crisis issue, because we are ahead of the game on this one. ( I have a solution )
This advance knowledge will empower us to institute practical prevention rather than crisis management for a change.
Climate was allowed to go critical before we took notice.
If we wait until after the fact before reacting and responding to this current development, and Telecom actually stumbles, taking notice will be a moot point.
All because we callously polluted Near Space with our debris in the name of a quick buck...sound familiar?
Near Space is part of Earth's Environment...like a bigger Ocean...the biggest, in fact.
That's the Space Junk News for now!
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NOTE...
This is a work in progress.
Right now, the SPACE JUNK NEWS isn't very good.
SPACEHUGGER and COMPUTER ARTISTRY will brighten the horizon.
Check things out and TALK IT UP!
MAKE BELIEVE!
That's all it takes to turn the SPACE JUNK NEWS into the best news of the day.
Global catastrophy averted...PHEWWW!!!
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EXCERPT from "HOW TO expand your horizon..."
I can launch a Telecommunications Satellite into orbit with no rocket booster.
And return the vehicle to Earth for recycling with no blazing re-entry.
The launch vehicle is the satellite, leaving Zero Debris.
Launch costs will be reduced by a factor of ten, or more.
The enormous savings can be directed toward development of essential new resources.
Zero Debris will eliminate the potential for Collisional Cascading in Near Space.
The rapidly escalating effects of Space Debris threaten Telecom services.
Our emerging Global Economy stops dead in its tracks if Telecom stumbles.
Telecom has become as crucial to our success as Petroleum, and will soon be subject to the same speculation and price gouging as Petroleum.
Eliminating the Space Debris threat will help stabilize the Economy.
This is future altering, and it’s all up to you.
Want it, and it will happen.
Space Hugging embraces Space, reminding us that it’s all the same place, and we are in it.
Learn to co-operate with, not defy Natural Forces.
Talk it up!
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ADDED THOUGHT...
When you look up and think, "C'mon, how can we pollute all that?", remember that the first guys who tossed their trash into the sea figgered the exact same thing.
What's the harm?
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CONTACT... smythspace@gmail.com ...copy/paste...
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