The Truth About Space Debris

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[@BadBrucey]

I find it amazing that they can track debris 10cm in size in space.

[@zoetje1760]

I can’t even track some of my books consistently, and those are >10cm and not even in space…

[@loturzelrestaurant]

​@@zoetje1760 XD

[@chuckadams8005]

Ooopsy! Who would have thought there'd be junk left over?

[@moreaxe9829]

they can even detect paint particles... 😯👍

[@moreaxe9829]

Yes, even if the distance between debris are quite far but the velocity is damn terrifying.

[@andydragtstra4707]

love how you put "not to scale" in your drawing.

[@IanHutchings_KTF]

Lol. Yeah cool

[@403.FORBIDDEN]

Gotta make sure the ISS isn't actually 2 inches long somehow

[@WonderSilverstrand]

@@403.FORBIDDEN that's not what it means

[@403.FORBIDDEN]

@@WonderSilverstrand isn't the 50km around it to scale though, no matter what size the ISS is shown?

[@WonderSilverstrand]

@@403.FORBIDDEN not to scale doesn't mean things aren't the size you see on the screen, it means that the iss is incorrect size relative to the 50km he drew. If it was to scale the iss would be tiny in the drawing, about 500 times smaller than the box he drew so it would be a few pixels wide

[@gaminggammer6040]

Imagine going on a space walk and being killed buy a cm of paint

[@bongdong9154]

That would suck. Imagine how the astronaut's family would react to hearing about how they died.

[@scottleft3672]

Many an AK owner in hot zones has found out the hard way that firing up into the night sky in celebration, is a nasty way to learn about gravity.

[@kelvinnguyen6048]

Lolll

[@bogdeen1984]

Space Paint :)

[@Ni9kye]

Nice of our scientists to wreck our space, they should be fined for littering

[@Shamansdurx]

In short we humans have managed to take a dump in space too!

[@s4759s]

ULA,COSMOS,ESA USES SPACE LIKE A TOILET THAT FLUSHES OUT MONEY.

[@s4759s]

AND THEY DON'T WIPE.

[@dmoore5120]

human is the only animal that soils its own nest ...

[@AndieBlack13]

As in many short-sighted endeavours, this too will come back to bites us in the ass. Witness the proliferation of plastic waste in our Oceans, the micro sized particles disguised as food for ocean life...and ocean life consuming said plastics. As a result ocean food-chains are being broken at the lowest levels, making for sterile oceans in due time. It is unstoppable now, it is inevitable, no protocol exists, no attempts to stop it, or even slow it down are on the horizon. This is all on an industrial scale, so, in hundred years or so, our planet will be significantly hotter, drinkable water will be virtually impossible to find, we will have significantly less ocean-life & a lethal cloud of debris will orbit our world....just about that time there will be Twelve billion of us...something will have to give....sorry, but we're really screwed.

[@rainerbunn4855]

we can shit on you from such a height, you would think god took it upon himself to crap on you.

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

Even more difficult is the separating of space garbage into paper, recyclables and compost.

[@allangibson8494]

No problem - it is all recyclables... It is getting the garbage truck up there that is the problem.

[@recipoldinasty]

MB4LUNCH wtf? Whats fake vacuum dpace

[@bipolatelly9806]

Pipe2DevNull Mostly compost probably....

[@fredmeebley]

Transgender Ben Shapiro Don’t you know? Space is flat.

[@ssd21345]

@@fredmeebley space is a PapER just recycle the space bro

[@masochisticmeese3555]

As Musk himself lands on Mars and the base becomes sufficiently self-sustaining, he detonates the Starlink system - starting the ablation cascade and sealing off the Earth so no one may follow him. He then builds a throne of gold, and the rest is history

[@BradGryphonn]

That happened last time.

[@iamsick5204]

I want to write a book about this

[@FXwill0]

E L O N G A T E D M U S K R A T

[@BRUtahn]

Gaslands!!!

[@hamzamahmood9565]

GOT season 69

[@InventorZahran]

We need to find a way to recover the Apollo 12 third stage. It's a piece of history!

[@johntaylor4975]

yes

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

The Snoopy lander is still out there...

[@harsimranbansal5355]

I think starship will be able to do it. It’s the only rocket right now that has a big enough cargo area!

[@nagarjunkashyap5987]

@@harsimranbansal5355 starship is the only vehicle which can do that. And think about all the bragging rights- Jeff: I fished appolo 11's Saturn 5 first stage from the water. Elon: I recovered appolo 12's second stage from space. Take that.😛

[@firstlast9731]

@@harsimranbansal5355 its not even developed bruh. It just keeps exploding

[@frankelmer8055]

I look at this as a great start to a Dyson Sphere.

[@luciferlyset7543]

Ha

[@sfadsgdsgsfd8754]

@C W what

[@aerojetrocketdyners-2538]

@C W i think its because sunlight is much more abundant than cosmic rays and therefore cheaper to make.So non-photovoltic arrays maybe used in deep space missiom beyond neptune where cosmic rays are more abundant about where the voyager probes are.

[@Krystalmyth]

Dyson prison

[@pathegarty4757]

Frank Elmer 😄

[@thomasturner6980]

So it's illegal to drop a wrapper on the floor but it's legal to drop 90% of your spacecraft into orbit which could damage future spacecraft for many years to come.

[@somethingelse9228]

Back in those days there weren't any crafts in orbit that your space craft can collide to, Second problem is that you had no choice but to ditch those unused/no longer needed parts of the spacecraft because spacex or any other reusable vehicles weren't a thing back then But now, it is a serious problem

[@lieutenantsupascoop2126]

Thomas Turner why are you in every video I watch xD

[@elsauce4873]

And its illegal to sell a pickle that doesnt bounce😂😂😂

[@captainjackpugh6050]

Adam Zion Every country creating space debris with missile tests are irresponsible

[@12gabriel3]

So it's legal to crash debri into spacecraft but it's illegal to crash planes into buildings 🤔

[@pakratmiz4487]

Just delete it in the tracking station

[@orbifold3828]

that doesn't get the respeks that deorbiting remote spent stages does. you wonderful person

[@OninDynamics]

Mission Success! Respect+

[@asdfdfggfd]

I had enough junk in that orbit that goes right over KSP, that I started carrying clamps just so I could rendezvous with the junk and refuel.

[@Jay-mq2ng]

Or even better send another rocket up there to destroy the debris

[@kingofgameing2774]

I just made a missile that just makes it self big. Then rem it in to the thing.

[@edwardboyd4584]

Must admit, even putting aside how much i enjoy and actually learn from these videos, I'm really impressed that you go through the time and effort of referencing each point made as if it were a video-essay. Lets viewers know that you're not talking absolute rubbish like many other channels do.

[@XZenon]

I'm waiting. At one point in my lifetime a business collecting space debris will emerge and I want in.

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

someday that may be profitable think of all the materials you could sell

[@IDoNotLikeHandlesOnYT]

@@sheilaolfieway1885 And they don't need to be launched! I for one want to salvage the radar from Envisat and try using it to look for debris that's too small for Earth-based radars to see. ESA's already planning to capture and deorbit Envisat, so I have to get there before they do…

[@youcanbesmartaskhow3857]

I am crowdfunding a 300 mile long pole with a net please go to my website and donate BigHurttspacejunkcollectornet.com for details I also need 4000 experienced large net holders if you know anyone. Thanks in advance. This is a ground level opportunity.

[@philipcrew6119]

Me too

[@vladimirpootis3200]

They already have a anime about that.

[@EvitoCruor]

The problem isn't nearly as bad as people think including most engineers. There are ways we can get rid of it, nobody just wants to pay the bill until somebody loses enough to cause a panic. Then everyone will ask why nothing was done before, nothing usually gets done before the disaster and it's almost always seen well before the event and ignored.

[@wellmakeitworth1316]

True

[@Omar-em7rl]

yup, FACTS. im not concerned, once there's a demand to remove the debris because it's become inefficient to have things orbiting and obliterating in less than a year by junk, then that's when organizations will begin to clean stuff up there, perhaps like a tax to pay before launching to fund for cleaning up, like street sweepers on roads at midnight.

[@wellmakeitworth1316]

Then comes other organizations finding ways to profit from said plans

[@EvitoCruor]

Its Just Like That You're saying it like that's a bad thing. It isn't free markets that plague our society but the lack of them, most 'markets' on the planet are about as free and honest as a Chinese taxman. First and foremost being the utterly dishonest system of public incorporation.

[@wellmakeitworth1316]

@@EvitoCruor exactly

[@JeffDM]

I tend to stay away from pages and media that use the "The Truth About"... as being likely: clickbaity, scammy or having intentionally misleading content. I only watched because I knew the channel.

[@Ithzzz]

that is the truth about the truth about articles

[@Acrylier]

Reliable sources says I'm wrong

[@moiquiregardevideo]

I avoid links that start with "free"

[@stuffmorestuff6647]

The last comment I saw about (the truth in videos) went political FAST

[@Postghost]

Like how every conspiracy nut talks. But tbf he was a bit that way about his "mainstream" "scare-tactic" part just because Tyson said somthing _could_ happen. I felt he strawmaned and misrepresented that part like any conspiracy theorist. The rest of the vid was ok.

[@seancancook1]

Big congratulations to you for using citations in your video. Doing this is almost unheard of. So cool!

[@brentsarazin4346]

I just loved this short documentary. The facts, the images, and the precise description of information was like a bedtime story for space loving people.

[@Hallebumba]

I am studying aerospace engineering and we are currently researching using cubesats for active debris removal. nice video! The company who puts stuff in orbit should pay for cleanup. like a tax.

[@josephisrael8959]

Could powerful electromagnets work?

[@Hallebumba]

@@josephisrael8959 Not really. most of the stuff is not magnetic and electromagnets draw extreme amounts of power. also attracted debris could damage your magnet.

[@tezer2d]

Things, KSP doesn't teach: Space Debris Oh wait, wrong channel

[@hazelhazelton1346]

You just haven't made enough launches yet. ^.^

[@ArmanM106]

Ahoy!

[@Devilion901]

@Adam Zion Pentagon defended India's ASAT test, it was NASA which was against it.

[@arthipex8512]

Fly safe!

[@SynMonger]

@Adam Zion Your logic fails and would leave us with the tragedy of the commons.

[@belgianfried]

seeing the flags together makes me happy

[@neildoe1617]

@Plural Entropy fucking isolationist

[@nalat1suket4nk0]

@@neildoe1617 is that a word? lol

[@nalat1suket4nk0]

@Plural Entropy there really isn't a problem and it's even better

[@neildoe1617]

@@nalat1suket4nk0 i·so·la·tion·ist /ˌīsəˈlāSHənəst/ Learn to pronounce noun a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries. "there was intense opposition to the proposal from isolationists"

[@neildoe1617]

@@nalat1suket4nk0 there's a website called www.google.com if you type in a word that that you aren't sure about, it'll give you the definition and loads of other information.

[@7177YT]

The footnotes in the description are top notch, thank you!

[@slxionglit4617]

*Aliens:* Look at how advanced this civilization! They know how to use pieces of metals to build a shield for their planet! *Humans:* Please HELP US!🙏

[@Alientraveler003]

Alien,, thay spend all there time on movie's .,.there slow and hairless messy , self distructive . all-around deadly .you need two of them to reproduce.

[@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS]

Alien: look none of these humans knows how to spell or form a proper sentence, does anyone actually read what they type before they hit send, you know that you can edit your comment even after it’s sent right.

[@madara2792]

@@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS its "know" not "knows" lol.

[@Blood1Zero]

@@madara2792 It's*

[@LowieX]

Look at how advanced this civilization! is an incomplete sentence

[@jasonrossrealty]

What an incredible production this is. Super informative, fun to watch, and very well explained.

[@robertmartens7839]

Russian troll

[@Merennulli]

It seems like we could still benefit from the capture-satellites just to prevent older satellites that can't safely deorbit on their own from colliding and making more untrackable debris. Most of the problem seems to be that we're just adding to it faster that it naturally goes away, so if we made a concerted effort to take out these older suppliers of debris and require any new launch to have an exit strategy (either up or down), it should only take a few years before the collision rate starts to go down to more manageable levels. The laser seems like it would be too limited since it's only going to be effective against a certain range of sizes that are big enough to track and small enough to ablate meaningfully...which is still a ludicrously large number of objects and a ton of energy.

[@mrsniffles5417]

Great news 2 years on, the Chinese Space Agency has successfully used a disposal satellite to throw a decommissioned satellite out of orbit.

[@jasonmyneni8605]

ESA Is working on it and it’s not going well. It’s proving to be horrendously expensive and difficult to build. One issue they are having is that the satellite will need to drag a huge amount of fuel into space in order to chase down and maneuver into place to grab the offending satellite. They then will need to expend another large amount of fuel to slow down the satellite enough to de orbit it. Of course, unless they can somehow refuel this satellite in space, something we cannot currently do and likely will have no chance at until SpaceX gets its starships online, these satellites will be single use. Another option would be to use a satellite that hooks some sort of solar parachute to derelict satellites and then let them go, but the fuel needed to chase down the satellite is still an issue.

[@BA-gn3qb]

The Whipple Shield? So, THAT'S where all the Charmin toilet paper went.

[@fuffoon]

I can only guess that you are in your 50's or more? I like your humor!

[@johntaylor4975]

At least the whipple cleans your butt for you... WARNING: THIS IS ONLY A JOKE. I DO NOT USE THE WHIPPLE TO CLEAN MY BUM.

[@CarlosAM1]

I am likely too young to understand this

[@treysmith8371]

“Did you just disagree with Neil deGrasse Tyson?!!???!!” Real Engineering: “Yes, yes I did.”

[@greybeard29]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an asshole anyway.

[@greybeard29]

That’s all that I hate about him, he acts as if he is a god among men but he’s not, he does have an amazing education there’s no denying that. But he’s just so full of himself when he constantly trips himself up.

[@ammarsiddiqui3586]

you guys cant be serious

[@mogheen]

He’s the best at explaining complex things to uneducated fools like myself

[@TheSeverian]

@@pluto8404Only you have a reasonable bone to pick with Neil. :) The others whining about him are perfect examples of snowflakes.

[@amelliamendel2227]

Shielding, pffft just give them a couple bottles of flex seal it'll be alright

[@UltimateAPBTS]

Rhinoline that sucker lol

[@nethascotx24]

Modern problems require modern solutions

[@aksmex2576]

That is weird map of the USA. Considering the last election Republicans lost the popular vote.

[@aksmex2576]

@Swampy Yeah yeah. Typical trumpist conspiracy theory fake facts. Not a good thing for democracy to delegitimize an election like that. But then again america is becoming a sham.

[@britishpeopleyellowteeth6071]

@Flight 32X this is america, not a democratic european shithole, fuck your popular shit!

[@doublevision5465]

"The Truth About Space Debris" *Starlink:*

[@felreymiguel5734]

It's not a space debris because SpaceX can control those satellites I mean like control them to dodge other debris/satellites

[@hirnlos9462]

@@felreymiguel5734 well, there is always a rate of failure. Way oversimplified, the amout of space debrie is equals the amout of stuff we send up there. (within a constant faktor). So way more satelites(e.g. starlink) => way more debrie(in the long run). Part of the idea of starlink (source needed) was to have many satelites to be less vulnurable to failure.

[@pixelbogpixxelbog2090]

@@hirnlos9462 hi deutscher :)

[@1995TheDude]

Starlink satellites will deorbit automatically in 2 years because of their low orbit. As long as their lifespan allows, the satellites will regularly be boosted back up to keep them from falling down. This shows that the people of Starlink take space debris into consideration.

[@doublevision5465]

@@1995TheDude Have you seen the movie, "Gravity?" If one satellite gets hit accidentally, e.g., by a meteor or intentionally, e.g., by an ASAT (Anti-Satellite weapon), it can break apart and create a debris field that spreads out in all directions. If one piece from that field splashes another satellite, the effect gets multiplied exponentially. With so many Starlink satellites following the same interlocking orbits, a chain reaction can ensue. Not only would Starlink get affected but other satellites and spacecraft would get affected as well by Starlink debris. Keep in mind that some of the debris could be as tiny as a grain of sand but still capable of causing serious damage that initiates another chain reaction. Countless chunks & particles could remain in orbit for an indefinite time. There would be no way to keep track of it all or clean it up. At the same approximate altitude, a Starlink debris field would define a new impassable outer shell or sphere above the atmosphere that wraps around the Earth endangering, e.g., future SpaceX launches to Mars.

[@saienide9301]

6:50 that same concept is used on tanks in the form of spaced armor, used to protect against HEAT shells.

[@patters.]

The graphics in this episode are great!

[@ssgplayz695]

So am I evil to watch at 144p ?

[@ssgplayz695]

Muhahaha

[@rantech1907]

Yeah, lots of CGI...

[@CrucialMuzic]

Not gonna lie, that would be a bit nerve-wracking being up there and hearing something hit your space craft

[@PinataOblongata]

*wracking

[@OninDynamics]

@@PinataOblongata Wrecking if the debris is bigger then 10cm lol

[@marcelmiagi4579]

Watch the movie “Gravity” it’s what happens in the film.

[@r.blakehole932]

Imagine how it feels to be out of the space craft on a space walk! Imagine how it would sound to have your grandchildren ask, "How did Grandpa die?" "He was killed by a fleck of paint."

[@shunpaw820]

@@r.blakehole932 Eh, you could make it sound a lot cooler tho. "He was killed by a projectile going at a speed of several thousand kmh while floating at around 8 kilometer per second around earth, splattering grandpa all over the ISS." Hell yea!

[@mmaximk]

Excellent video. Many thanks.

[@TerryB751]

It could very well be true that cooperation between countries to solve the space junk issue may also spawn technologies for better shielding that could be used for future space flights.

[@barahng]

India launching missiles? Suddenly I'm having Civ flashbacks.

[@dphorgan]

NEWFLASH; INDIA HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THEY HATE THEIR NEIGHBOR....

[@asfmankey3672]

Gandhi stop nuking the entire goddamn map!

[@RawLu.]

They can afford Nuclear Weapons wile their people live in Squalor… India(Pakistan etc.) are literally Disgusting countries in every way...

[@sublimefermion2205]

@@RawLu. Lol, India had a nuclear program since 1950's. And you don't even know how world economy or other nation works. India built Nuclear weapons because of China. And China built it because US had it. And having weapons of mass destruction is good if you have lots of money? Then I guess half of the Middle East would have been toting Nukes. Btw US threatened to nuke India to support Pakistan in 1970's.

[@kanu6637]

@@RawLu. I can buy you an Large Mac Meal from MacDonald. I am from India 🤭❤️.

[@uhhi6693]

The whipple shield just sounds like spaced armor... which is also used in tanks.

[@justanotherasian4395]

Uh, Hi? That’s because it basically is. But thinner.

[@marksman712]

YEA but different reasons, spaced armour isnt used primarily to stop kinetic penetrating ammunition, it can but its not that great at it cos the ammo stays in one relative piece when hitting the first layer and punching through. its used to defeat shaped charge ammo, using the same principle but its some molten metal thats being dispersed over a wide area on the 2nd layer

[@Nipplator99999999999]

Most tanks have the spaced armor in addition to its hull, but Whipple incorporates the hull into the armor due to limitations of application.

[@taraswertelecki3786]

That's exactly what it is.

[@williamolson5728]

But what armor class is it? ;-)

[@gtawrecking7021]

great channel keep it up

[@t26e44]

Wipple shields are tank armor, in their case its called spaced armor, most modern tanks use it as part of there armor such as the famous M1 Abrams. Its been around for a while now, some of the Panzer 3 and Panzer 4 variants have it to protect against anti tank rifles

[@KittyBoom360]

This is the first time, on this topic, that I don't need to mention decaying orbits! Thanks for being reasonable and not following hype and fear mongering. This is a totally manageable problem if we're just more thoughtful about it while going forward.

[@SaCeuran]

The only issue is that people just aren't thoughtful about the future. From an evolutionary psychology perspective (which I have serious doubts about as it seems like a series of Just So stories) evolution doesn't favor thinking far beyond our own life; what use is advancing our great grand children's state of living if we don't make a living now? From a more realistic point of view, being forward thinking is expensive and difficult, and the literature shows we avoid hard problems and expense until it becomes a problem. The prime modern example is climate change. People are slowly coming around to the idea that we must do something, but only after it's probably too late to prevent catastrophic events. Why? We think about ourselves in the here and now, and projecting far in the future is something our brains aren't good at.

[@LeviForWaifu]

Air drag plus tidal forces from the Moon, Sun and/or Jupiter also have impacts on orbits. Satellites generally lose 1.8 m/s a year if I recall.

[@de0509]

Not sure about the quantities required, but do you think introducing gases into orbit will be viable to make debris decay its orbits faster?

[@Snide01]

I cannot believe how brainwashed humans are.. "We" aren't doing anything.. "Orbits" 😂

[@robinsuj]

That's a pretty big "if" you have there

[@Drumsgoon]

Great video, good info, and no hype or catastrophism.

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*To not cause a major Panic, he didn't mention all the 15k+ Frozen Turds and Diarrhea-Nebulas from "Taco-Night" that's up there.*

[@daneindanger]

Really well narrated. Good pacing, emphasis, and tone.

[@tomthomas3499]

Remember back when we thought orbiting a lot of small thin copper pieces to boost radio receiver on earth was a good idea? good ol days xD

[@WolfAvatar]

Just to point out...you did miss the major point of the Kessler syndrome. It is entirely reasonable to expect a single collision to create enough projectiles to damage a third piece of hardware. We are getting to the point where a chain reaction is possible that could make space travel impossible. It was this point that Neil Degrasse Tyson was discussing in the interview. Not one impact but a chain reaction that ends up with so much debris, especially the untrackable small pieces, that we end up not being able to predict a "safe" launch window for new satellites, etc.

[@limiv5272]

That pretty much describes the plot of Gravity

[@WolfAvatar]

@@limiv5272 I haven't seen the movie but I'm going to assume that it was based on the Kessler syndrome?

[@limiv5272]

@@WolfAvatar I don't think the Kessler syndrome was mentioned, but it's basically about a chain reaction of space debris destroying satellites and the ISS, and an astronaut trying to safely get back to earth. They did a really good job of showing the physics of space. If you can watch it in 3D, it's a lot of fun

[@scinary7052]

This will never make space travel impossible nor will it last for longer than a few years before clearing up by itself, their orbits would decay and we'd all be sipping wine while it happened, or in the Russian's case, Vodka.

[@0LoneTech]

May I recommend the book Seveneves by Neal Stephenson? "Eventually" may not be a great comfort...

[@colinmartin9797]

"NOT TO SCALE" Wait. Wait. WAIT. You're telling me the ISS isn't 15 kilometers long?! I've been lied to all my life.

[@b4nes]

Wait, how much is that in football fields?

[@dhupee]

@@b4nes how long football field in yard and meter (im sorry im not learning imperial yet)

[@b4nes]

@@dhupee It's just a meme, sir, that football fields are the most used measure of length in documentaries.

[@dhupee]

@@b4nes im sorry i dont know that references

[@b4nes]

@@dhupee And now you know ;)

[@kateford3853]

Thanks for the great info ♥️👀🌍

[@yoshi1u2]

That 2 wall debris shield for the space craft was also used in WW2 by the Germans on some tanks. was able to slow and redirect travel in a non straight trajectory and keep tungsten projectiles from penetrating the main armor of the tank.

[@zidniafifamani2378]

I believe it's called "spaced armor" or "hollow plate" (the idea is to break the projectile into tiny fragment using first layer that's high hardness-optimized let them lose some kinetic energy by traveling a void between the armor and expand their area of impact then let second more ductile layer that's high compressive, shear and tensile strength-optimized absorb the residual kinetic energy, although the void could also be filled shear thickening fluid-impregnated ductile high compressive, shear and tensile strength-optimized fabric like kevlar to significantly increase the protection and reduce spalling).

[@jarehelt]

Elon musk launches car into orbit Space debris: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@jarehelt]

I don't actually understand the reference for this meme/joke thing. If someone could explain it. I would really appreciate it

[@brois841]

For those actually concerned, don't worry. When people say "orbit," they're typically referring to satellites which orbit earth. However, the car was launched into an elliptical heliocentric orbit. Heliocentric meaning it orbits the sun.

[@MLGDatBoi]

@@jarehelt knowyourmeme.com/memes/am-i-a-joke-to-you

[@bananian]

He's got 3rd party insurance on it.

[@MLGDatBoi]

@@vizonegames1368 yeah. Basically meme wikipedia.

[@arnabmit]

Indian ASAT test was done in LEO of 300km so that 90% of all debris would decay orbit and burn up in the atmosphere within 90 days.

[@IsaacRizard]

And time stand still for 90 days? It's political posturing by India. Not that they're stupid, they just can't shut up by announcing this on TV by none other than the PM. Better for them to do what they did for Mars mission. In the mean time, don't downplay this matter by making excuses on their behalf. The prime minister can even lost his job within 90 days.

[@arnabmit]

@@IsaacRizard ofcourse it is. Similar to Nuclear tests. Very much required.

[@R0E0A0P0E0Rify]

@Noob Nobita "If america can murder a child, why can't I?" Dumbest reaction to this.

[@karanbirsinghbhullar]

@@R0E0A0P0E0Rify so no difference between killing a satellite and killing a child.

[@divyanshusingh3620]

@@IsaacRizard stupid your a dumbass

[@ryanb915]

be nice to see them bringing some of this stuff back

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

We need MegaMaid.

[@SimonOShahan]

Excellent, as always, thanks for posting.

[@gameexe6337]

when you title a video with "the truth about" it makes it seem like your either going to debunk it or propose a conspiracy theory

[@mmaximk]

How refreshing to discover a "truth about.." video that actually gives the objective facts.

[@mmenjic]

@Arsene Who? No, he is telling us that people have no brain it is just empty scull with one speck of paint but not moving inside.

[@mytralaalaa]

Love these videos

[@mikestar3212]

Bro! Thank you for the References!

[@MarkDavis77]

I love how Degrass Tyson is the face of alarmism, it's so true.

[@theespatier4456]

Mark Davis All science advocates start exaggerating after a while because that’s necessarily how you get laymen’s attention.

[@MarkDavis77]

@@theespatier4456 you aren't wrong, but that doesn't mean it's a good thing to do

[@racine1866]

When you try to respond a problem with the phrase, "Humanity need to put aside the differences to overcome this problem", you need to complete the phrase with the Meme, "sounds good, doesn't work"

[@raythackston1960]

Yeah...the ultimate Utopia thing will never happen. Even if it is forced on us...death will be enormous.

[@jd_kreeper2799]

Humanity could've worked together and easily stop this pandemic. Except what actually happened is China didn't tell anyone that a virus existed as it spread all over the place. Then the idiots protest the stay at home order because the bill or rights doesn't say they can't. Now we're stuck at home.

[@dv84sure]

Excellent video production and the info is concise but yet much better / clearer than any other about space junk / debris on YT. Real Engineering does it better than the giant corps.

[@valkyreve]

I've wondered about space debris on occasion so I really enjoyed this doco. ty

[@nathanlevesque7812]

'We're not going to be dumb enough to make space travel extremely difficult' Humanity: Hold my beer.

[@datgio4951]

Nathan Levesque hold my politics

[@hydrochloricacid2146]

@@datgio4951 are you saying he's wrong?

[@hydrochloricacid2146]

@Cyrus The Great what does that have to do with my comment?

[@Nipplator99999999999]

@@hydrochloricacid2146 I hope he's implying they will reduce cost enough to exponentially increase the accumulation of debris due to an increase of launches, in support of your comment. If not, Trump changed his YT handle...

[@Mente_Universal]

Space is cgi

[@alc5527]

I wonder how much debris the death star would produce ??

[@Proxlynmeow]

That's not important now

[@DRiungi]

@@Proxlynmeow says the general working on his own death star

[@doxielain2231]

Well, it wiped out the ewoks, so....extinction level event. www.space.com/32381-ewok-extinction-star-wars-death-star.html

[@treysmith8371]

Enough

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@@Proxlynmeow >>> DEPENDS on whether it is *Disney* or *Non-Disney* STAR WARS...😊

[@jfrtbikgkdhjbeep9974]

also for extra impact absorbtion and deflection they could send exterior shielding materials prefab on cargo payloads asap ... have the techs assemble them

[@MrR3set]

With the increase of space missions, maybe some kind of salvaging operations would be a good idea, to reutilize some of the expensive components.

[@tj9959]

MrR3set un that’s what spaceX is doing currently! They are able to reuse rockets up to 10 times! They do this by landing the rocket on land by turning on the engine on the last second

[@ranudar5666]

Thank you for the informative video and greetings to Chris Hadfield :-)

[@joelmulder]

A very good explanation of the topic. I wonder what your thoughts are on Kessler syndrome, where the density of the space debris is high enough that it could cause a cascade reaction where each impact increases the chance another will occur. You glanced over the issue pretty quickly, and i'm not sure the risk is as small as you suggest. Should a sufficiently sized piece of debris be struck and destroyed, the resulting domino effect could be what (as some science media outlets like to call it) traps us without acces to earth orbit for a significant time.

[@enoughrain]

Good question. I realize I'm 3 years late to the party but I too was wondering where reality lay insofar as inbetween worrying about the Kessler phenomena and space being vast. That is, what is/is there a point of no return where orbital debris act as a planetary moat?

[@Poepwoes]

Brilliant, and non-sensationalist, analysis. Thanks in particular to the logical commentary from about 12mins into the video. The message is clear and not dramatic/pretentious.

[@bobsagget823]

ok loser

[@allgood6760]

Thanks for this 👍

[@jaridkeen123]

We need to get our shit together and stop polluting or we are going to be stuck on this dying rock!

[@apachegoboom]

Wipple shielding, aka: spaced armor

[@daveslow84]

Most underrated comment I've seen all day! 😆

[@raf74hawk12]

I was thinking that exact thing.

[@rhkent1965]

So happy to see what I feel is a over looked issue at isn’t being addressed with all the added launch tempo.

[@erkutacar]

the collisions in the movie gravity was amazing

[@Jonnythegiraffe]

The Kessler syndrome is terrifying, especially when you realize how little we are doing about it...

[@davemwangi05]

at least I've learned a new phenomenon from a space nerd. Thank you. At first I thought it was a disease, "syndrome." LOL

[@pontusvongeijer8986]

Im not gay.

[@davemwangi05]

@@pontusvongeijer8986 you probably are fighting your desires, resisting your true self. Why did you bring it up here?

[@davemwangi05]

Go to a gay website and tell them that.

[@pontusvongeijer8986]

Divad Ignawm But I am on a gay website. KZbin is super gay, but it still has good videos. :)

[@TheExoplanetsChannel]

What a great eye-opening video!

[@Ujjawal_YouTube]

India tested its anti satellite missile in lower Earth orbit (LEO) and debris in LEO decay or burns in atmosphere while falling back to earth. So there is nothing so wrong India have done by testing its anti satellite missile, if India is wrong then USA is also wrong because they are responsible for creating huge numbers of space debris since 50 years

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

​@@Ujjawal_KZbin what an odd Reply to the Comment "What a great eye-opening video!". Everything you've said is already in the video... as well as loads of interesting "eye-opening" info! Oh well, nevermind, eh? 😎

[@Ujjawal_YouTube]

@@JohnDoe-tx8lq truth is customized and made little against India, that is why posted my reply. One should know full truth not half and video is showing half truth

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

@@Ujjawal_KZbin ....and yet the video talks about the US missile debris as well. The truth is there, but you CHOOSE to see the video as anti-India so by your logic, I can say you are anti-US. Seems you didn't have any confidence in what you said as you posted it as a reply to an unrelated comment, rather than posting it as an original Comment so more people would see. Poor old India, Real Engineering is obviously against it!

[@Ujjawal_YouTube]

@@JohnDoe-tx8lq I think you lost your mind and only you see is my comment, I just expressed my views and many people in comments talking against recent test of India so I just told them to know full truth and I'm not anti USA, I am just exploring the truth what USA did and what India did so please don't point out at me, read my comments with calm and cool head

[@matthewwren4708]

You lovely cuddly leprechaun creature i enjoyed this.

[@TCBYEAHCUZ]

14:50 red sprites spotted above those thunderstorms!

[@4ltrz555]

I have been waiting for a video about space debris. Yay.

[@JayPatel-lz7wz]

India conducted test in lower earth orbit to ensure that all debris would be gone in few days And satellite which was hit was an old decommissioned nano satellite so it wouldn't creat big space junks Also the narrator is talking as if other ASATs missions previously created rose petals in space

[@TheOwenMajor]

Salty Indian detected. You worship cows, get out of space.

[@amalekita5009]

that smart shield that they showed reminded me of the tank armor of the germans in the second world war against chemical projectiles.

[@jay_jayspace8788]

I praise you for giving the sources 👌👌👌 100 respect

[@bluetannery1527]

We need to send Rhett and Link up there. The Space Garbage Men will clean it up just fine

[@benw.3157]

great video, loss of all GPSs stressed me out a lot.

[@Roxor128]

A cascade of space junk smashing everything up would only happen in the crowded Low Earth Prbit space. GPS is up in Mid Earth Orbit. You'd still have GPS working, you just wouldn't be able to send up replacement satellites for it when they break until you clear enough junk out of Low Earth Orbit to get them through.

[@sharky2606]

this needs a follow up

[@ralanham76]

I love those giant golf balls with hidden dishes inside 😎

[@internetisinteresting7720]

Wow amazing video, hello from Oriente university here in Cuba!!!! awesome Channel

[@Ujjawal_YouTube]

India tested its anti satellite missile in lower Earth orbit (LEO) and debris in LEO decay or burns in atmosphere while falling back to earth. So there is nothing so wrong India have done by testing its anti satellite missile, if India is wrong then USA is also wrong because they are responsible for creating huge numbers of space debris since 50 years

[@Snide01]

@@Ujjawal_KZbin It's all propaganda.. Governments are slavery systems designed to extort your wealth and control you, wake up..

[@KuraIthys]

@@Snide01 And yet they are far less effective at accomplishing these tasks than any major corporation is. Enjoy your corporate serfdom, because that's what you'll get if you try and remove existing governments. Lesser of two evils and all that...

[@Snide01]

@@KuraIthys Although this is coming from an American perspective it should apply to any nation under the federal reserve system which is almost all of them... Over 70 percent of America is on a pharmaceutical drug and over half are on two.. Society suffers from consumerism, materialism, class-ism, racism, bullying, addiction, depression, anxiety etc etc etc.. People are slaves to the federal reserve dollar and the State, The Federal Reserve prints the slave's dollars which inflates the prices of goods and services overtime just enough to keep them working for life and to prevent them from saving money or wealth and passing it down to the next generation of their family. Corporations own and control all the good Artists and push agendas with them.. The educational system is nothing but indoctrination.. (I pledge allegiance to the flag).. The Healthcare system is really a sick care system which drugs people up until death at extreme costs to their families wealth.. The legal system is really built on Maritime Admiralty Laws (citizen-ship), which your parents are manipulated into signing you into as a human corporation through your birth certificate.. The legal system enslaves you as a citizen, while pushing unjust ideas like the "drug war", while doctors are simply legal drug dealers.. It targets minorities, and the prison system is a business ran on the Stock Exchange.. Media is controlled and used to brainwash the masses through "television programming" and social media, divide and conquer strategies are used to divide the masses by race, religion, flags, borders and politics (left vs Right), people are literally programmed.. Sporting events such as Football and Basketball are used to distract people from the truth, and most Americans love their beer which is poison and legal so they spend their free-time in bars while cheating on their spouses.. Porn is freely available to help destruct the family unit and subdue male ambition.. People are fed GMO foods while being fluoridated through their water supply and toothpaste.. People are being blasted by cellphone and Wifi radiation 24/7.. You can't even own something like property (ownership and freedom is an illusion) because if you miss a property tax payment it will be taken with the home on the land.. Tax is literally extortion or theft by threat of violence and caging, and taxes as well as inflation has it to where 95% of society will never get ahead and will die medicated with some kind of "mental illness" which doesn't even truly exist, these are in fact just labels used to explain away certain states of mind which are normally a result of this oppressive system. Taxes are used to slaughter millions of people who are in the way of this war machine made up of brainwashed slaves.. Americans are brainwashed and suckered into supporting unjustified wars under the banner of false ideas such as "The War on Terrorism", which isn't even an enemy so it gives the establishment the go ahead to attack anyone they want for as long as they want.. Parents will even send their children off to be slaughtered to protect this sickening system.. The American Dream is a dream.. The term "American Dream" is used to brainwash you as well.. Voluntarism (a form of Anarcho-Capitalism) is derived from the Latin “voluntas,” meaning “will.” Voluntarism is the principle or policy that all human interaction should be based on voluntary participation and the rejection of all human interaction based on coercion. Voluntarism has an affirmative connotation and can stand alone, being that it is a positive act of will rather than a negative act of will or an aversion to the state. The driving principle behind voluntarism is the non-aggression principle. The non-aggression principle is the concept that no person has the right to initiate force against another. No person, no group, no organization, no corporation and no state has the right to initiate aggression against anybody else. In practical terms, Voluntarism and Anarchy have the same general implication: the formulation of a society based on voluntary association rather than coercive means. However, there does seem to be confusion in society about this concept. It seems to be based in a distortion of language (brainwashing), stemming from a long-held cultural misconception in the meaning of anarchy being misrepresented as “chaos.” Anarchy is not the absence of rules; it is the absence of rulers. Chaos, at the present time, resides in the predication of the legalized monopoly on violence known as government. The only order we can establish in a free society is that which is had through voluntary interaction between willing and peaceable participants...

[@Ujjawal_YouTube]

@@Snide01 so did you wake up? I know governments use citizens like puppet but when foreign power shows aggression to you then its your preparedness of military and technology that defends you

[@worldmusic8684]

Yes, joint collaboration is important to remove space debris First we have to remove bigger debris, (something at the range of 2 metres to- max ), and it includes lasts stage, destroyed satellite's parts, panels etc because that types of large debris are the main source of creating further smaller particles ( size from mm to cm)

[@shabbii296]

But where will I find loot when I'm stuck in space

[@allangibson8494]

Simply deorbiting (getting them below 150km) will solve most problems. Geostationary orbit will need special attention as it may be easier to loft them into the moon rather than drop them lower.

[@adamklam1]

oh jeez... India Launching missiles? I've played enough Civ to know where this is headed.

[@RackHasAttacked]

Pakistan...

[@thekrieger2959]

LMAO

[@SSJ0016]

Star Trek on point again with featuring a humongous deflector on every ship design

[@Dra741]

We need to start an International Consortium to remove the space debris

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*20k+ Objects in orbit. 15k of them are Frozen Turds. I bet there's a few "Diarrhea Nebulas" up there, from Taco-Nights.*

[@black5f]

Funded solely by the countries that put it there?

[@lukilooser1]

what if you were hit while doing some maintenance outside? would you just be obliterated??

[@tanub1]

Space suit's have a sort of proto-whipple shield as well, it's part of why they are so enormously bulky. It doesn't have the metal second layer, but the outer layer will usually shatter the micrometeorite and just leave you with a few tiny puncture wounds. If you are talking about something bigger than 1cm... well you are going to have a very bad day. If you are lucky, the impact won't break the seals on your suit and you'll be able to drag yourself back into the ship. If it's something big enough, i.e 3cm+, you are very, very dead.

[@rdormer]

Pretty much what would happen to a person on earth who was hit by a really high powered bullet. Probably not obliterated, but...it wouldn't be pretty.

[@liuner2479]

Flat earthers approve your message

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*Imagine doing a Spacewalk and you look up and see Tesla Spaceman coming at you faster than you can say, "Houston..Fuck My Life!!!"*

[@Spark-In-The-Dark]

Green Jetstream, they would clean the pool and do a retake...

[@costaspapadopoulos5481]

Watch the anime: PLANETES. It's exactly about the subject.

[@levygaming3133]

THANK YOU! I saw this anime when I was younger, and not knowing what it was has been bugging me ever since.

[@markusford6585]

12:00 please tell me the satellite that captured this image or was it apollos command module that did this?

[@SMCca]

"Mainstream media" *shows JRE Podcast* Yeah... yeah I like that

[@shanosantwanos3908]

Yep sell out..check matthew north channel.

[@hydrochloricacid2146]

@@shanosantwanos3908 Mathew North is a conspiracy theorist channel.

[@sandeepn94]

M8 JRE has millions of listeners worldwide, a lot of whom believe they are more intelligent and/or informed than their peers. It's subversive mainstream media.

[@patmaloney5735]

Its true, JRE is great but its now a mainstream platform. Plus NDT is more hyperbolic than DJT

[@martinstrunk4682]

He was talking about NDT, he should have said mainstream scientist

[@Paerigos]

We need to finaly develop kinetic barriers.

[@codered5431]

Great video

[@ArmyGrunt1986]

5:45 Whats the physics behind this, specifically why did the impact cause the aluminum to delaminate on the opposite side? Is it cause by something like a shockwave or maybe localized extreme heating instantly at impact?

[@indridcold8433]

It is time to develop a deflector dish.

[@moiquiregardevideo]

Next video: describe the shield needed to protect a rocket against typical dust when flying at: * usual speed * 1% the speed of light

[@ahmadhaider1508]

"international effort to unite mankind" the Imperium of Man just got started

[@zuutlmna]

Hopefully there'll be some NEO contractors that will be specializing in the collecting, and securing/storing etc. of this debris.., utilizing specially developed robotic tech. etc..

[@sicksock435446]

I can't help that think that this video undersells the danger of Kessler syndrome (a situation where a planets orbit is inundated by so much debris that further space launches are extremely perilous and most likely only add to the amount of debris). As pointed out in this video, each successive collision adds thousands of potential debris to a huge variety of orbits. As these new debris spread the danger of further collisions increases and consequently the amount of debris can explode exponentially in a matter of years. While it's true that the space around Earth is extremely, incomprehensibly empty today we currently stand at the beginning of a problem which given our current management will only get worse. I for one would like to live in a world where communications and GPS satellites don't need armor stronger than a tanks to survive.

[@TheOwenMajor]

Wow, so the entire article was lost on you? GPS satellites don't have to worry much about collisions. And debris in LEO degrades rapidly.

[@sicksock435446]

@@TheOwenMajor Here's a prediction of space debris including LEO objects from NASA with the assumption that we immediately stop all rocket launches: wp-assets.futurism.com/2013/09/Space-Debris-2.jpg While its true that most LEO debris degrade rapidly many do not, and most of our debris from regular launches is deposited in these orbits. LEO also the most problematic sphere for space industry since every launch by necessity must traverse these altitudes to reach higher safer orbits. Another point the video didn't mention is that debris can breed more debris. Pieces can collide with one another, creating smaller, harder to track pieces on erratic courses, often breaching into 'safe' orbits where satellites are less prepared for collisions. The video rightly points out that many voices are alarmist about these concerns, which I fully agree with. But it seems lacking for a channel focused on engineering to mention a problem without addressing the worst case scenario.

[@jeffvines1393]

That's it ... I'm going to stop complaining every time a moth hits my car windscreen.

[@mikeburch2998]

But it's always in the line of view... :-)

[@andrewszigeti2174]

I wonder if it would be viable to put up aerogel 'debris catchers' to clean up some of that smaller stuff in higher orbits?

[@Mathrilord]

What about mounting the laser on a boat with a multinational crew. For stability it can beach itself or lift out of the water like the TIV MPI Resolution. The thing is, powerful laser are power-hungry, I'm not sure if an on-board power plant would be enough.