SuitabookSpace junk
Karen Romano Young
- Reading
- Pause over unfamiliar terms such as “zombies”, then compare the historical account with the proposed solutions. Invite the reader to distinguish describing a problem from recommending a response.
- Themes
- Responsibility for technological pollution: Human activity is presented as having placed substantial debris in orbit and even on the Moon. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Problem-solving and scientific intervention: The book considers retrofitting inactive satellites and projects intended to collect space rubbish. It presents technical and cooperative responses as subjects for consideration, but the extent to which the book endorses particular solutions is not established.
- Worth knowing
- Pay particular attention to the discussion of orbital debris, inactive satellites, orbital decay, atmospheric burn-up, and objects reaching Earth.