Australia's responsibility (and opportunity) to clean up Space Junk
Alan Duffy
ncreasing amounts of space debris are nearing a critical point, where unavoidable collisions will cause more debris, in a disastrous chain reaction that will make space inaccessible to us. This has been termed the Kessler Syndrome. Once the cascading collisions begin, they cannot be stopped.
As I explain in this thought piece for the The Age, Australia has an important role in this global issue as we monitor vast skies with space technologies that few others in the Southern Hemisphere have. Image by ESA