is space dirty – Christmas Lectures

Question: is space dirty
- Keywords:
  dirt
Asked by alex to Rochelle, Julia, Jon F, Beth, Adrian on 21 Jan 2016.
- Rochelle Velho answered on 21 Jan 2016:
  
  Space/orbital debris/junk/waste is the collection of man-made objects in orbit around Earth – old satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments from disintegration, erosion, and collisions.
  
  See this page for more information:
  
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/orbital_debris.html
- Jon Farrow answered on 21 Jan 2016:
  
  We also made a visualisation of space debris with the help of Dr Stuart Grey from UCL. You can see that here: http://www.rigb.org/docs/debris/

Question: is space dirty