{"id":25769,"date":"2023-09-05T14:19:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=25769"},"modified":"2023-09-05T14:19:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:19:32","slug":"space-is-teeming-with-tons-of-deadly-rocket-junk-and-100s-of-bags-of-human-poo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/world-news\/space-is-teeming-with-tons-of-deadly-rocket-junk-and-100s-of-bags-of-human-poo\/","title":{"rendered":"Space is teeming with tons of deadly rocket junk and 100s of bags of human poo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Space has a junk problem and there's nobody willing to fix it, an expert has claimed. <\/p>\n

For decades, humans have been sending rockets, satellites, human poo and other random objects into space all in the name of science.<\/p>\n

But when missions go wrong and rockets explode, or junk is ejected into space, the debris is left to float endlessly until the end of time.<\/p>\n

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And this, a top British astronomer has claimed, is leaving the population of Earth with a huge problem to deal with.<\/p>\n

Chris Impey, writing for PBS, said: \u201cHumans have left a lot of junk on the Moon, including spacecraft remains like rocket boosters from over 50 crashed landings, nearly 100 bags of human waste and miscellaneous objects like a feather, golf balls and boots.<\/p>\n

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"It adds up to around 200 tons of our trash.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince no one owns the Moon, no one is responsible for keeping it clean and tidy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clutter in Earth\u2019s orbit includes defunct spacecraft, spent rocket boosters and items discarded by astronauts such as a glove, a wrench and a toothbrush. It also includes tiny pieces of debris like paint flecks.\u201d <\/p>\n

According to the expert, there are around 23,000 objects larger than 10cm in diametre, with a whopping 100million pieces larger than 1 millimetre. <\/p>\n

And it's all travelling at 15,000mph \u2013 10 times faster than a speeding bullet.<\/p>\n

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