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Traffic Cops for Space

Posted by michael on from the alternate-side-of-the-orbit-rules-are-in-effect dept.

The NY Times has a good story about a push for international action, via the UN, on the growing problem of space debris. Includes a pretty picture of a space shuttle window that got nailed by a fleck of paint.

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  1. With the UN in charge by rossz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    With the UN in charge, if someone broke the rules the UN would say, "Stop! or we'll say 'Stop!', again".

    The UN has proven on numerous occassions that they are nothing but pencil pushing bureaucrates who, at best, do nothing, but all too often simply make the situation worse.

    Look at Rwanda. Given the job of protecting 100,000 unarmed refugees, the UN security force DID NOTHING when a warlord's army arrived and proceeded to slaughter every man, woman, and child.

    So now someone wants to give the UN the job of reducing space junk? No thank you, I'd rather take my chances with out their help.

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