Space Junk is a huge problem constantly threatening space travel and breaking through the atmosphere, crushing the innocent lives below. For decades, space stations and satellites have fallen victim to the junk floating around the Earth. With each collision their debris only add to the growing problem. The people of Earth have neglected this issue for so long, the junk has started to mutate and become monsters themselves.
Now these monsters have managed to form their own planet like structure not far from Earth, called Planet Ex. This is where their leader, Sputnik, the first and oldest space junk monster, resides. Sputnik has begun forming armies on Planet Ex and recently sent one through the Earth’s atmosphere to terrorize the people below.
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The cat goes out in space to clean up the trash while the astronaut watches from the base informing the cat of any dangers. It is up to the player to gather space junk that is getting too close to the Earth’s atmosphere without getting hit by large meteors in the way. The player soon finds out that this is no ordinary space junk, though. The trash and debris that have been circling the Earth for years have transformed into beings of their own. Any junk that the player doesn’t collect right away begins to form into one of these beings. It is up to the player to not only fight the existing enemies, but to also clean up the junk before it creates more of these monsters. As the player progresses, they soon learn that the only way to defeat the space junk is to find their home base and defeat their leader, Sputnik, the longest living space junk to orbit Earth. It is important for them to put an end to the junk rotating around the Earth and make travel and research safe for future astronauts. The more junk there is, the more chance for collisions to happen, making it unsafe for anyone to be in space or even Earth …show more content…
The more balloons the player has, the farther they can travel in space. However, the longer the player is out in space the lower the helium level of the balloons get. In order not to completely deflate their balloons and lose their transportation through space, the player must return to the space ship to refuel. Not only are the player’s balloons subject to helium loss, but they can also be popped by asteroids passing by or junk monsters when attacked.
The levels progress as the player makes their way around the Earth collecting the junk within the ring of asteroids rotating around the planet. The farther into the ring the player goes the harder each level gets up until they make it to Planet Ex, the home of Sputnik and the rest of the space junk monsters. Here the player will be introduced to a new set of levels, fighting their way across the planet until they make it to Sputnik’s lair and fight the leader himself. This final battle will determine if Earth is finally safe or not from space junk
INTRODUCTION Attention-getter: “Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain’t stopped yet. There’s more exploration to come.” (Nichelle Nichols from Star Trek) Credibility: Throughout our childhood as we study space, solar systems, planets we all come to a point of having the dream of exploring the space or learn more about it in the future.
According to “Balloons Bring Joy To Millions”, it states, “When balloons are properly handled, they are perfectly safe (Lewis 25).” I agree, balloons are plainly safe if handled correctly. Also, “Balloons bring people so much joy (Lewis 25).” I don’t know about you, but balloons lead to me being 3x happier. Lewis also comments, “ The real problem is plastic trash---things like bags and bottles (25).” Strangely enough, it is true.
There is an ongoing debate on the issue of weaponizing space in order to protect our national space assets and achieve national strategic objectives. This is an issue because of the increase of more space faring nations trying to exploit the benefits of space and other nations also trying to develop capabilities to disrupt other from using it. This background paper will outline the current international laws and policies, our national policies in regard to space, current issues that catalyzed this debate, the benefits and disadvantage of weaponizing space.
...; quest for new frontiers continues today as earthlings burst terrestrial bonds and begin the endless voyage beyond planet and galaxy into the illimitable dark.
Comets and asteroids. They are some of the first celestial bodies that humans observed and truly thought about. From ancient cultures interpreting these near-Earth objects as signs of disaster, to 18th century Europeans studying their paths, to even the extinction of the dinosaurs, comets and asteroids have always been prevalent in the majority of Earth’s history. These objects have intrigued the human race for generations, and continue to do so today. These similar subjects of fascination have many unique and interesting characteristics and a rich history with Earth.
Outer space has always intrigued the human mind. Ever since humans inhabited the Earth, they have always looked to the heavens. Ptolemy, who lived over two thousand years ago, dreamed of being with the stars. He said, “I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch the earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia” (Tyson). At that time, reaching the “final frontier” was not even remotely possible.
A successful space program is needed in America, and here’s why: we are losing our grip on the title of the world superpower and a new age of economics and politics is coming faster than we are prepared for. To be prepared for this new age we need the funds, which can be found in our space. The most deadly of those threats: asteroids. Don Yeoman, an employee at the Jet Propulsion Lab, a NASA facility, tracks over 600,000 asteroids every day.
Thank you for your report. Make it so. It is requested that none of our craft approach Earth, or become visible from there. Send out this request: Stay away from Earth, they must show evidence of civilized behavior before we can allow them to join our community in the stars.
Space junk, also known as orbital debris, comes in many different sizes, shapes and forms. It is separated in to two main parts – natural and artificial debris (Space 1). The natural debris is meteoroid and comet debris that was left behind (Space 1). Natural debris only revolves around the sun, so it is not heard or talked about on earth (Space 1). The artificial debris, known as man-made, sizes in from one centimeter to a whole rocket! The smallest kind which is smaller than a penny has over 100 trillion pieces floating around in space, such as flecks of paint (Dunbar 1). The next kind which is bigger than a penny but smaller than a softball has over 100,000 pieces, such as nuts and bolts (Dunbar 1). The biggest kind which is bigger than a softball has over 13,000 pieces, such as satellite pieces and entire satellites left in space (Dunbar 1). Most of the items in space were not put there but were created through explosions that created thousands of other pieces of debris. Most of the debris which is satellites has come from Russia (Plumber 1).
In order to avoid being hit by space debris, scientists developed the collision avoidance technique. They are also looking for ways to remove the debris from Earth's orbit. Most importantly, tracking these objects is key to solving all the problems. The amount of space junk accumulates daily due to the high volume of junk-to-junk collisions.
When considering this topic, one might ask themselves why explore space? We explore space to compare other planets with the earth and to study the sun, to explore the universe while finding if intelligent life exists, for satellites to improve communications, weather forecasting, navigation, resource monitoring, and “to create a focal point for a new intellectual renaissance” (Ruzic).
People have been venturing out into the universe for many years now. In addition to satellites, both women and men astronauts have traveled into space to collect data about the universe. The first human being, the first animal, and the first spacecraft in orbit, were all achievements of the Soviet Union.
By the third millennium, mankind is actively studying and exploring space. The number of space flights is increasing and they are constantly running into a number of problems. One of these is a question of the increasing contamination of space with objects from our explorations. These objects are better known as space debris or simply said – space junk. Space debris is man-made objects in Earth’s orbit or objects that reenter the atmosphere, including parts that have finished their active existence and are no longer useful.
Space debris is the collection of useless objects in orbit around Earth. It includes all from erosion, spent rocket stages, old satellites, collisions, and fragments from disintegration. A large number of technical studies are currently developing concepts of active removal of space debris to protect space assets from on orbit collision. Since orbits overlap with new spacecraft therefore debris may collide with operational spacecraft.
According to NASA, more than 500,000 pieces of debris, or “space junk,” are tracked as they orbit the Earth- just hundreds of miles above us. Space junk-which is also known by the names space and orbital debris, are made up of a mixture of natural (meteorites) and man-made materials that no longer serves a further purpose or function.