Space Junk: Polluting First, Exploring Later...

How many times do you think about space travel? If you are a sci fi geek like me, you probably think about it often. The whole idea of trekking through the universe is quite simply cool. Discovering new worlds. Meeting new forms of life. These ideas have been around well before Roswell. And to make things even cooler, The U.S.A. still is #1 when it comes to traveling above the Earth's atmosphere. Face it...no one else has come close to producing and implementing anything like the Space Shuttle.
However, despite all the coolness of outer space I have to say that Houston, we have a problem.

When it comes to exploring our own solar system, we haven't even covered the size equivalent to a hair follicle. Yet we've managed to pollute it very efficiently. There is so much space junk floating around that NASA is concerned about our astronauts' safety. There is even great concern for the well being of those aboard the international space station. This whole phenomena is mind boggling. In a nut shell, we have managed to pollute more than explore. When are we ever going to learn?



Images showing that amount of space junk known to exist