Time (April 16)
There’s a “looming risk of too many satellites and debris in space.” Current counts indicate there are over 525,000 objects larger than 1 cm and over 100 million of all sizes. “That’s a huge problem, since even such small bits of scrap can carry the bang of a bullet when they’re traveling at orbital speed.” And each collision generates more “more debris clouds, which would strike still more spacecraft, leading to a chain reaction known as the Kessler syndrome that could potentially wipe out whole flocks of spacecraft in that orbital band.”
Tags: 100 million, Chain reaction, Collision, Debris, Debris clouds, Kessler syndrome, Looming, Objects, Orbital speed, Risk, Satellites, Scrap, Space, Spacecraft
Financial Times (May 16)
By delaying any decision to impose car tariffs by 6 months, “President Donald Trump has dodged an immediate collision with the EU and Japan on trade.” While expected, “the move means that the US has avoided blowing up trade relations with the EU and Japan amid an escalation of its dispute with China.”
Tags: Car tariffs, China, Collision, Delay, Dispute, Escalation, EU, Japan, Trade, Trump
