Space Debris and Us

We are wrapping up our term and our senior year very quickly. It feels like time has slowed down only for all of us to realize how fast it's been going. Speaking of which, in this unit we've been focusing on the travel of orbiting planets, and the history of our perceived solar system. For this action project we created a poster board focusing on a grand challenge of our choice. Below is a digital version of the poster board.

What I discovered from my research is actually interesting, and considering the possible solutions to the overcrowding of space debris makes me dive deeper into my interest in computer programming. If we were to design an aircraft or a laser to remove/manage space debris we would need to include a lot of code  design features. I really enjoyed this project and hope that you have found an interest in this as much as I have.

CITATIONS

Andy Lavender. “How Many Satellites Orbiting the Earth in 2019?” Pixalytics Ltd, 16 Jan. 2019

Cleary, Sean, and William J. O’Connor. “Control of Space Debris Using an Elastic Tether and Wave-Based Control.” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 17 Apr. 2016

Scharring, Stefan, et al. “Laser-Based Removal of Irregularly Shaped Space Debris.” Optical Engineering, International Society for Optics and Photonics

Transnat'l L., And J. “Space Debris and Its Threat to National Security: A Proposal for a Binding International Agreement to Clean up the Junk .” HeinOnline, 8 Mar. 2021