Boom Nasa To Demolish Spacecraft In The Name Of Science Space News
By Leonard David www.space.com11-6-12 Work is underway to create a spacecraft that wont be rocketed into outer space but will be purposely destroyed on the ground.DebriSat is a 110-pound satellite thats a double for a modern low-Earth orbit spacecraft in terms of its components, materials used, and fabrication procedures. But once fabricated and tested, DebriSat is doomed.The spacecraft will be the target of a future hypervelocity impact experiment to examine the physical characteristics of debris created when two satellites collide.NASA and the Air Forces Space and Missile Systems Center are co-sponsors of DebriSat. The NASA Orbital Debris Program Office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston is leading the effort.Impact risk assessmentsData gleaned from demolishing DebriSat will be valuable in the short- and long-term, said J. C. Liou of NASAs Orbital Debris Program Office."Collision fragments are expected to dominate the future orbital debris environment...Continue Reading... See Also:UFO NEWS VIDEO SIBERIA: Mystery UFO Debris Falls in Siberia SPACE NEWS Astronauts Scramble for Escape Pods as Space Junk Threat Gets Serious UFO NEWS ARGENTINA VIDEO: Meteorite, Space Junk or UFO? One Fatility, Several Injuries and Two Homes Destroyed in Report of Mystery Sky ObjectSPACE NEWS Last Minute Warning of Possible UFO Collision Sends Astronauts to Escape Pods UFO Explodes Over New Zealand-Unusual Debris Recovered-Tested For Radiation!Space Station Could Be Abandoned in November SHARE YOUR UFO EXPERIENCERead more >>