More than 750,000 pieces of dangerous debris are now orbiting Earth
and threatening the future of spaceflight,
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European Space Agency (ESA) appealed to satellite operators and space agencies to clear up their retired crafts, many of which could impact launches, and are in danger of hitting the International Space Station.
“Only about 60 per cent?of the satellites that should be disposed of at the end of their missions under current guidelines are, in fact, properly managed,” ?Dr Holger Krag, head of ESA’s debris office told the
European Conference on Space Debris?in Germany.
“This means urgently developing the means for actively removing debris, targeting about 10 large defunct satellites from orbit each year, beginning as soon as possible – starting later will not be nearly as effective.”
Since 1957, more than 5250 launches
have led to more than ...cts in orbit around Earth.
But only about 1200 are working satellites – the rest are debris and no longer serve any useful purpose.
Many derelict craft have exploded or broken up, generating an estimated 750,000 pieces larger than 1 cm and a staggering 166 million larger than 1 mm.
“In orbit, these objects have tremendous relative velocities,
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“Space debris threaten all working satellites,
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The Welsh are coming – or so they hope in the b&,
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On July 28 it will be 150 years since a party of more than 150 Welsh, intent on practising their language and nonconformist faith free from English influence, arrived by ship from Liverpool to found a “New Wales” in Patagonia. The settlers envisaged a self-governing homeland that never came to pass, but their influence lives on in street names,
jordan shoes, in “Welsh” teashops and in eisteddfodau (music festivals) run by their descendants in towns in Chubut province.
Throughout this year, there will be commemorations ranging from concerts to rugby matches. The hope is that visitor numbers in Chubut, normally about 400,000 a year, will be increased by Welsh people on pilgrimage and others keen to explore Y Wladfa – the colony.
One of those hoping to benefit is Carlos Weglin, who with his wife Susana (whose maternal grandmother was Welsh) runs a linen shop, Blanco de Gales,http://www.soundpoolradio.de/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=72059cheapjordanshoesfreeshipping.com/bolg, in the town of Trevelin. They print T-shirts, tea towels and other items with Welsh symbols, words and significant dates: 1865 for the settlement; 1902 for a plebiscite in which the Welsh voted to be part of Argentina rather than Chile). Not all their customers are of Welsh descent,http://www.pocketcram.com/forum/posts/list/0/687870.page#693571cheapjordanshoesfreeshipping.com/bolg, “and some find red dragons a little aggressive, so for them we do the harp and the daffodils,” says Carlos.
Diego García Aneiros, who has a b&b in Gaiman (his mother-in-law runs the Welsh choir there), was less confident of a boom. “I know of two groups of 25 to 30 people going to Wales for the National Eisteddfod, but the only sizeable booking I have is for about 12 people, coming in March,
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Miguel Angel Mirantes, a man accustomed to thinking big,
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One of the most elaborate commemorative events is scheduled for November: a recreation, with modern comforts,
jordans for cheap, of the expedition on which the settlers discovered what they called Cwm Hyfryd (Pleasant Valley) in 1885. The tenor Rhys Meirion has been invited to bring 150 people from Wales to take part in a trek of 130km (80 miles) over five days from the moonscape of an extinct volcano, in the protected area of Piedra Parada (Standing Stone), along ancient Indian trails to Trevelin.
Locals will act as guides, medics,http://www.midwestartfairs.com/node/add/articlecheapjordanshoesfreeshipping.com/bolg, cooks and – in a giant tent erected each evening – entertainers. The event will raise money for two of Meirion’s passions: the promotion of Welsh in Patagonia and organ donation in Wales.
