There are more than planets and stars in space. There's also a lot of junk, more than 9,000 metric tons worth as of 2022,. It includes things like satellites that are no longer in use and debris that is intentionally discharged during space missions. As space exploration grows, so does the amount of debris, which could eventually pose a risk to Earth.
Uh in general, it can generate very large fields of debris which all continue orbiting at the same speed.And Luke who's creating a lot of this space debris, I mean, is it the US China Russia who, who's responsible for a lot of this?Uh A lot of debris have been created by anti satellite missile tests in the past.Uh There's uh rocket bodies from China, there's, there's obviously American objects as well.
If you think about it, the the road transportation industry are servicing and maintenance intervention integrated into it to the aviation industry or the shipping industry, this is not the case with the space industry which could not have that kind of services in orbit over the past years today, the technologies make it possible and that's what we're building a tow truck for space.
So those changes are probably going to generalize across the globe, all the different launching states and requirements for satellite operators or agencies alike.So are you saying there's sort of efforts now um to stop the problem of space junk spa space debris before it even becomes a problem? This means you cannot guarantee 100% of the satellite is going to be able to to the orbit at the end of their mission, the space environment is particularly harsh, which makes it even more difficult.
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