{"id":12687,"date":"2023-04-04T02:20:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T02:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12687"},"modified":"2023-04-25T02:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T02:23:28","slug":"bureau-of-space-vehicles-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2023\/04\/04\/bureau-of-space-vehicles-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Bureau of Space Vehicles Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/04\/04\/calls-for-a-space-highway-code-to-prevent-accidents-and-reduce-junk-18554510\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Metro<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calls for a space \u2018highway code\u2019 to prevent accidents and reduce space junk<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>by  Katherine Fidler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/SEI_147494288-3fbd.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=644%2C454\" alt=\"Space junk is an increasing issue in low orbit\" class=\"wp-image-18411227\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Space junk is an increasing issue in low orbit (artist\u2019s impression, not to scale) (Picture: PA)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aerospace companies and experts are calling on governments around the world to adopt a \u2018highway code\u2019 to help tackle the increasing problem of space junk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is estimated there are more than 36,000 objects in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/space-and-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">space&nbsp;<\/a>larger than 10cm, and 130million between 1mm and 1cm. All are moving at speeds of more than 10,000km an hour, which pose a risk to the safety of both crew in space and other satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Space Safety Coalition (SSC) has unveiled a landmark publication detailing what it regards best practice for all space operators as the number of launches and spacecraft increases exponentially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These include prioritising sustainable practices during satellite launches \u2013 such as reusable launch vehicles \u2013 developing propulsion systems that prevent gases being released into the atmosphere and a \u2018highway code\u2019-style guidebook for manoeuvring spacecraft to avoid collisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/04\/04\/calls-for-a-space-highway-code-to-prevent-accidents-and-reduce-junk-18554510\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Metro<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Metro Calls for a space \u2018highway code\u2019 to prevent accidents and reduce space junk by Katherine Fidler Space junk is an increasing issue in low orbit (artist\u2019s impression, not to scale) (Picture: PA) Aerospace companies and experts are calling on governments around the world to adopt a \u2018highway code\u2019 to help tackle the increasing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}