Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: space junk and shuttle
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.154732.27738@zoo.toronto.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 15:47:32 GMT
References: <1880@eastman.UUCP>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1880@eastman.UUCP> harding%b56vxg.dnet@kodak.com writes:
>I have read that there is a lot of stuff floating around up there.
>So... Do the shuttle pilots/ground staff have to steer around this junk?

Some effort is made to plan shuttle orbits to avoid known debris, and to
monitor the situation during flight and recommend small orbit changes if
necessary.  There is a growing problem with debris that is too small to
track easily.
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And the bean-counter replied,           | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
"beans are more important".             |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry