New debris found

[simking]

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/04/nasa-confirms-shuttle-debris-found-in-texas

wonder how much more is in their I'll bet their is still a lot of debris in those lakes.

[Moonwalker]

Thanks for posting the news here.

Macabre that they found the cryogenic tank from Columbia two weeks after the last Space Shuttle mission. When I saw the picture of the tank I immediately remembered the crew picture of STS-107. What a loss. I really feel sorry for them and their surviving dependants.

About 60% of the Shuttle is still missing. But I think those finds like the cryogenic tank will remain a curiosity. I guess most parts of the Shuttle simply burned up in the atmosphere. But a lot of debries certainly are still hidden in some lakes, rivers and under grass here and there, from which most of them might decompose before somebody finds them.

[Forrest White]

Humans brought debris to space and now instead of creating useful tools for space exploration, we are looking for a way to clear the space. But if we concentrate our force on clearing only we can lose all the opportunity to explore the open space. In the UK for example there are lots of rockets to deliver cargo to the orbit, observe Earth, etc. The third stage can place the payload in LEO orbit from a wide range of altitude and orbit inclination.

[SpaceJac37]

We've polluted our planet, started exploring space, polluted it also, and now continue doing it. I understand that our main mission is space exploration, and we must direct our main efforts to achieve this aim, but we also shouldn't forget about the danger that space debris poses to objects in orbit: ISS, satellites, etc. SpaceX is working on reusable rockets and do the right thing.