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This is the damage a tiny speck of space debris can do at 15,000mph
« on: February 13, 2018, 03:27:55 pm »

This is the damage a tiny speck of space debris can do at 15,000mph

    February 11, 2018

by Ned Dymoke
 
Gravity, 2013

If you'll excuse the analogy, the immediate surroundings in space are kind of like Brooklyn. It's becoming increasingly crowded, expensive, and ultimately full of things that shouldn't be there in the first place. Unlike Brooklyn, however, space is full of space debris: small amounts of (basically) trash that humans have gotten in our orbit. The ISS has cataloged about 500,000 of these small pieces and they hurtle around our planet at about 15,000mph. Or 14.17 g-force. Or 24,140kph.

http://bigthink.com/news/heres-the-damage-a-tiny-speck-of-space-debris-can-do-at-15000mph
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Re: This is the damage a tiny speck of space debris can do at 15,000mph
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2018, 03:34:54 pm »
Its more like the artic circle, very barren and a long way between objects.
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