Space debris could snowball uncontrollably with the Kessler effect. NASA's new initiative aims to address the problem before it happens.
, there are currently more than a hundred million space debris objects measuring between 1 mm and 1 cm in orbit.
, and push for new legislation that will make private space companies more accountable for the machinery they lift into space., Dr. Samantha Lawler, an astronomer at the University of Regina in Canada, explained that the worst-case scenario for space debris is Kessler syndrome — whereby a satellite or other object impacts another one and breaks into small pieces. This leads to a snowball effect as the small pieces then break up other space machinery into small pieces.
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