Space Junk 3D
2012 · 38 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 267 VOTES · DIR. Melissa R. Butts
Overview
50 years after launching our dreams into space, we’re left with a troubling legacy: a growing ring of orbiting debris that threatens the safety of earth’s orbits. SPACE JUNK is a visually explosive journey of discovery that weighs the solutions aimed at restoring our planet’s orbits. Experience mind-boggling collisions, both natural and man-made. Soar for the stunning depths of Meteor Crater to an unprecedented view of our increasingly crowded orbits – 22,000 miles above earth. Join us as foremost expert Don Kessler, the “Father of Space Junk,” guides us through the challenges we face in protecting them, forging a new age of space discovery.
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00:11:00 Satellites like this are part of what's called "a constellation,"
00:12:01 LEO is ideal for communication satellites like Iridium 33, which provides voice and data coverage for cellular telephones.
00:13:04 From a ground station nestled in the mountains of Andover, Maine, a signal is sent to a speeding satellite.
00:13:55 They facilitate most of the world's television, military and internet communications.
00:14:54 Just like a coral reef or a rainforest, GEO is a limited natural resource.
00:15:48 Its target? A dead weather satellite...
00:17:18 massive stars filling the universe with light, beginning when it was 300 million years old
00:18:46 I've visited several observatories that were designed for the purpose of looking at satellites, but never one with astronomy.
00:20:01 When I think about Saturn's beautiful rings, I think of collisions in space and what earth could look like millions of years from now.
00:20:56 Then I may notice something flickering and moving and realise that I'm looking at a satellite orbiting the Earth.
00:21:26 Our belief that what goes up must come down isn't always true.
00:22:22 Every single one of these non-operational spacecrafts is a potential source of debris.
00:23:45 with another spacecraft.
00:25:14 It became very obvious that that wasn't true and people began to consider:
00:26:27 Even the smallest of impacts scatter debris, delivering wide-spread damage.
00:27:36 Some of them, like rocket boosters, are the size of a school bus.
00:28:54 So where do we go from here?
00:29:47 And then, how do we slow it down, so that it falls out of orbit and burns up in the atmosphere?
00:30:58 Imagine that...
00:32:23 a place where space debris could be stored and recycled to create new parts.
00:33:28 For as long as humans have walked the planet, we've looked at the heavens to help us define our role in the universe.
00:34:16 I can't imagine after dreaming and working toward space flight and after 50 years of having achieved it