[Still Waters]

www.newsdaily.com said:

A growing storm of debris flying around in space is dramatically increasing the risk of orbital crashes, and steps to avoid them will add greatly to the costs of future space flight, British space experts say.

Their study into the future of space travel predicts that "close encounters" in orbit will rise by 50 percent in the next 10 years and by 250 percent by 2059 to more than 50,000 a week.

"The time to act is now, before the situation gets too difficult to control," said Hugh Lewis of the University of Southampton's school of engineering science, who led the study. "The number of objects in orbit is going to go up, and there will be impacts from that."

The U.S. military said on Tuesday it is tracking 800 satellites on a daily basis for possible collisions and expects to be able to track 500 more by the year's end.

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[the rebirth]

maybe people just need to realize that orbital space isnt a trash bin, and stop leaving so much junk floating around. my last trip into space i think i only left behind a couple screws and a half eaten sandwich, but im sure the space cockroaches will eat the sandwich before it bumps into anything.