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bro, you got a lot of facts wrong here. The 12000 satelites are for Starlink and has been approved. And NASA is trying to regulate not encourage space business.
@@MikeMessiah I also believe all if not most of the starlink satellites are able to perform a Deorbit burn when they eventually expire along with the second stage of the falcon9. Wonder why he didn’t mention that?
As an engineer working in the space industry, I can assure you there are a lot of efforts going into mitigating this issue, all the way starting from planning the mission (all satellites going into LEO have to de-orbit in 25 years) up to AI being developed for autonomus collision avoidance (which spaceX’s starlink is currently doing, for example - but not only that, as there are private companies providing this as a service to satellite operators). Space is really hard, and your videos are proving that - we need a lot of bright engineers to work in this field.
Orbits have a habit of decaying hence all these bits of junk will burn up when that happens.
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Or they watched wall e and got inspired by it the other way around. Not kidding, but mind hunter is quite famous in India, and we have never reported a case of breast multiplication and naked disposal of a women’s body. And recently in a city, the similar exactly similar case is reported. I guess people don’t learn what is preached always.
1:05 Not to scale. The inner line is closer to 1000 km and the outer is closer to 6000 km. I wish all space videos were done to true scale. It would change our perspective on the vastness of space.
lol, It ain’t that hard to find spacejunk everywhere already. Spent rockets boosters and dead satellites are everywhere already and I found them regularly when looking thru my 6 inch scope.
just wanna put this out there: Gravity's movie physics are from another universe and not in a good way.. Besides that, you got some of your facts wrong/missed important details: The 12k satelites that elon got approval for are meant for starlink. These satelites are in such a low orbit that they will self-deorbit when are no longer active, they are intentionally made this way to avert this nightmare scenario. Although there are no direct rules for launching sats, nasa still has to give approval to US companies for them to be able to send a sat up in orbit, so it is regulated to some degree.
I disagree because environmentalism is very present in the social zeitgeist and dangerous debris can cause these tech billionaires a shit ton of money in the present which I imagine would motivate them to do something. And lastly, this has been a problem of Space Agencies for a while, so I assume it'll become a problems to solve soonish
Also, he implies there's no tracking or coordination done at all, which is completely untrue. Collision avoidance is generally coordinated by the US military.
I admire Johnnys work, and I love his content! However, as a space enthusiast I can tell that a lot of details have been rushed in this video, leading many new space interested people to believe, that no one is taking action against the Kessler syndrome. This is not true though...
10:15 from his sentence construction, he seems to suggest that NASA is directly funding Spacex's Starlink smh edited: to be clear, i find this statement misleading. while it's true that SpaceX is getting some funding from NASA (mostly rocket development), Starlink is entirely an independent SpaceX endeavor.
i mean, this is a vastly oversimplified explanation of the vast complexity in rocket science (which is comprised of various disciplines and trades including things like rocket plumbing), but youtube comment sections are for memes and morons instead of any nuance don't take my comment as an endorsement of billionaires owning space, i just hate bad faith arguments
@@johnnyharris That's weird. But weirder not to tell that low earth orbit used by SpaceX Starlink cleans itself fast. Satellite is orbiting there for 5 year until it will eventually burn. And that is the reason why the constellation was permitted on the first place. Bezos and Branson haven't even gone orbit. And of course not mentioning that reusable rockets won't spill orbit with detached stages and trash. Who needs this anyway...
@@johnnyharris Yes but that makes it sound like this is all your idea and work, when all your doing is a bad job of characterizing the work done by others. That’s not making it accessible, that’s ego.
I sincerely hope, that other videos of yours with concepts that are less known to me are not as inaccurate as this one. I love your work and I've watched a ton of it. I also thought I had learned a lot from them. This video provides me with a scary prospective - much might have been very shallowly researched. With regards to this video, I agree with your hope for more collaboration and thoughtful, international efforts to get us out there sustainably. I am 100% on board with this. I just hope you can take another look at the topic of satellites, orbits, orbital decay, economics with regards to lifting mass from surface into orbit and into deep space and I hope you'll create another video (or more) with your findings. My key concerns with this video is: 1.) The thousands of satellites that are planned for constellations by SpaceX and others are in really low orbits which decay within months. This is by design - there is no debris issue with regards to these satellites. 2.) It is in my opinion somewhat uninformed to say those satellites aren't subject to governance and that the decades old space laws have never considered them. Have you looked into what is required by US regulations alone to be allowed to launch and operate these satellites? 3.) I cannot follow your reasoning why the new breed of commercial launch vehicles and their operators (SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab, ...) are 'bad' simply because they lift mass and objects into space. That is by definition what you want us to remain being able to do. Personally I think it's pretty clever from NASA to move into commercialization of access to Space as this will lead to the wide availability that is necessary to get people to live on the Moon and other Planets. Universities have access to science and scientific opportunities never seen before, because of the lowered price per kg of cargo to space. The thing feels a bit like a hit piece on Musk and Branson even though they are not the ones creating the debris. In fact the whole thing with Branson's and Bezos' space tourism is, while arguably bad in other ways - not connected to space debris at all. Why are they in this piece at all?
@@samakisan I would also welcome a critical video on space tourism and other topics. Topics where criticism towards the Billionaires is well placed. But here it’s just a mix of things that are loosely related at the very best.
Satellites being made now are made to completely disintegrate in the atmosphere in a controlled way (including SpaceX, since the last thing Elon Musk wants is to not be able to go to Mars) Also PBS Space Time's yt channel has a great video about space debris where they go into the math of the chain reaction
It's not the panic inducing nightmare this guy makes it out to be. And he never once says the term Kessler Syndrome. It makes me wonder how much research did he put into this video. It's almost like he saw a headline and decided it was a bad thing and needed to tell everyone.
@@kareemal-saghir4721 using their thrusters to slow themselves down to burn up in the atmosphere. That's a reason why Elon Musk chose that low orbit so this can be done easily.
@@xliquidflames These hive mind people tend to hate things when they the word billionaire is on it. Billionaires put rockets on the sky an no one bats an eye, but put them inside the rocket and everyone loses their minds.
True, but KSAT doesn’t see small debris. One rouge particle could end a single commercial satellite. It’s only the satellite to satellite collision that you’re getting a chance to avoid.
@@SGAFirefly True, but Johnny Harris main focus was satellite to satellite collision, but he didn't inform viewers that collision avoidens is being implemented (without it being mandatory). Plus he showed wat a particle would do to a solar panel and didn't dive into the topic that there are millions of particles in orbit, and that the chance to get hit with particles increases dramatically with ever x amount of satallites.
@@fabioj5896 wasn't that the point? Cars have traffic laws, stop signs, roundabouts, stop lights, city cops, county cops, state cops, federal cops, park rangers, speed bumps, rules of the road, etc etc.
3:05 Watching Scott Manley on youtube, I would say they probably weren't "terribly made", they blew up because space travel is complicated and every failure usually led to a new discovery on how to make the next spacecraft better. Trial and error
The only thing terribly made in this video is ...the video itself. It is poorly researched. How do you do a video on the Kessler Syndrome and then never actually say the words Kessler Syndrome?
From Quora -> Debris left in orbits below 600 km normally fall back to Earth within several years. At altitudes of 800 km, the time for orbital decay is often measured in centuries. Above 1,000 km, orbital debris will normally continue circling the Earth for a thousand years or more.
As someone who does a lot of research on space exploration and industries, there is so many inaccuracies in this video that it makes me a lot less trusting of the information on all the other videos with subjects that I'm very much less familiar.
I agree with this 100%. It feels like this one video ruins all other videos on his channel, as this is a topic im very familiar with.. yet it turned out to be inaccurate at best and fear mongering for youtube cash at worst.
I 100% agree. Having been studying this topic for years, i found there was quite a bit of inaccuracies when it came to this video. Just the fact that Virgin Galactic was shown (even though they never plan on going orbital) made me cringe a bit. This also made me question many if the other videos he's posted I've been telling people as fact. It simply sounds like he looked up what the fear mongering articles have said and non of the other legitimate sources.
Watch this video ua-cam.com/video/Dum0bqWfiGw/v-deo.html Ever since I watched this video and read Johnny's response my trust regarding the objectivity and the information in his videos immediately plummeted. I still watch because of great editing but I don't trust 100 percent what he says anymore
I think you're at a size now where you could easily get some research help and also start including interviews with experts to help your research so you don't miss important facts :)
@@AshishRaiprofile I'm not a journalist but well I do have both a degree in physics and in cultural studies. It just doesn't matter for the purpose of my comment. But even without any uni qualifications one can learn how to research a topic properly and tell people when they haven't done their due diligence.
I’ve seen a lot of comments about there being mischaracterizations and inaccuracies in this video. I’m interested in correcting them in my mind and the minds of my viewers. So please below this comment list anything that was wrong or unfairly characterized. I do my best to get it right!!
Attention... that this information is not completely correct... not all Satellites walk at this speed... and a good part of them follow the speed of the planet, being fixed to regions or countries. For example, TV and Telecommunications satellites and more.
It is utterly important keep not the lower earth orbit clean, but geostationary, it is 30k kilometers high, and it is the most precious. Satellites there orbit with the rate of earths spin, so satellite stays over single point, always. And because of extreme altitude, trash there can not deorbit with time. Maybe several millions years for such orbits to decay.
You didn't even mention how atmospheric drag takes most of the space debris down over time. This video is very alarmist, not well researched, and should be removed.
I just assumed I had missed him saying it. Why avoid mentioning the name of the topic he just researched, filmed and released? He also made it seem as though nearly no steps are being taken to help avoid and no plans to mitigate the potential problem. If felt weird, but I think I kind of get why. This felt like a half step, maybe it was to catch the wave of news and discussion following the recent low earth "orbits" by some rich dudes.
@@notatrick88 It's basically what he described in the video. That some space debris collides with an orbiting object, creating more debris in the process that can hit more things. Cascading to the point where there's so much random debris, that any attempt into orbit, or beyond, could be destroyed and only add to the problem. Forcing us to not be able to make it up into spade until most of it burns up in our atmosphere. But many scientists working on space programs are aware of the potential and steps are being taken. So I'd say it's more cause for caution than alarm right now.
This video brings up good points, but as a person who works in the space industry, a lot of this information is either misconstrued, misleading, or incorrect. There are serious efforts being made to address the space debris problem. So many incredible people are tirelessly working these legislative and regulatory shortfalls
EXACTLY! I was so disappointed in someone this good at making docs slowly go down the totempole in quality. Hopefully he is a bit more thorough and LESS alarmist.
I agree. He does have some point, dont get me wrong. More needs to be done about avoiding Kepler Syndrome. Some countries need to take it more seriously, and I think there should be more treaties/legislation to help with this. That doesn't quite mean that SpaceX or Blue Origin or ULA are the devil for boosting the space economy, and all three tend to be pretty good about being responsible, I think because they realize that if they dont, and trigger a prompt critical (so to speak) breakdown of low earth orbit, theyre fucked. The business just disappears in minutes, and stays dead for dozens of years. They know better than to shit where they eat. Still, thats not a guarantee, there should be legislation and treaties on the issue. Still, I dont think this characterization is quite fair. Personally? I think maybe the single most important use of Starship may be removing space debris. Even more important than going to mars (at least at this moment in time). Because the moon, mars or anywhere else is totally cut off from us if we dont avoid Kepler Syndrome. EDIT: Let me just point out, I havent made any comment on any of these CEOs as people. At the very kindest we can say none of them is perfect, at the more realistic level, theyre all pretty much dickbags (some more than others). However, that doesnt make everything they do inherently bad. Bezos in particular I think is really kind of a dick, but his space related business, Blue Origin, is probably one of the best things he's done in his life. Even so it doesnt make his choices or Blue Origin's flawless either. These big CEO figureheads are usually assholes, but these companies are more than just them, and just because the founder is an asshole doesnt mean the company is bad or is going to do bad things. Its always possible of course, but its not a foregone conclusion that the company and its deeds are bad, simply because the founder is an ass.
I could not agree with you more and would like to know what you think of another comment i made mainly for Johnny as this video is just so frustrating. Dude, you really seem like you are trying to fear monger in this video. Not only is SpaceX a private company not beholden to investors, but it, (and Blue Origin/ Virgin Galactic), are actively anticipating scenarios where they will need to act as a debris collector for low earth orbit space junk. All three of the CEO's are not just billionaires with no shits to give in regards to LEO; they very much understand that if a thriving space industry is to exist, these problems will have to be solved. You also greatly mischaracterize the fact that there is "no regulation" in space. Who do you think SpaceX is asking to allow them to launch all these satellites? There are several organizations in the U.S. and the E.U. that regulate when and where these companies are allowed to place these satellites into orbit. It is not just a random path that they throw a dart at and say good enough. Thousands of man hours are put into planning and logistics in regards to the area around Earth in which these satellites reside. I normally support your videos wholeheartedly, but you really seem like you phoned it in for this video. It bums me out because this video might make someone anti-space and that is awful. "There are no rules of the road in space." Dude really? It took me literally 30 seconds, to google, "rules regarding satellites launching internationally", and i got at least 3 governmental websites from Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. I do agree with your point that cooperation is indeed critical; however, this video is 90%, WE'RE GONNA TO BE TRAPPED AHHHHH. We will not be trapped on earth even if LEO became riddled with space mines. The trajectories that are calculated now and in the future, very much take into account for the fact that there is debris in space to account for and to maneuver around. You reeeeeeally seem like you looked at the wrong sources on this one. Speaking of, what are your sources?? Where do you get your information from? You might seem a little more credible in regards to your arguments if you included which sources you derived your information from cause for all I know you got some if this information from Buzz feed. You are a journalist! You know sources are everything. Why should I listen to what you say if you cannot corroborate it? Trusting you to do your research is not enough and should never be enough. Talk to NasaSpaceFlight, EveryDayAstronaut, or Scott Kelly if you want to speak to subject matter experts on what you tried to get across in this video. These men can answer almost any possible question you have in regards to Space related things. This is not a topic that a sub 20 minute video featuring no sources can hope to encompass, but you could've done better than this.
The point of the video is to ask the question. While there are ppl tirelessly working on solving the problem, the fact is the problem exist for you to be so tirelessly working on it. The tireless jobs are also not as hyped as equally or implemented as fast as the source of the problem. Also, the point everyone in this thread actually agree with, is what the whole video is about. So being frustrated that there are ppl who are working on cleaning up space not being mentioned, is the same as beach cleaner upset someone raising concerns about polluting the ocean. There are always a group working on doing the right thing and not being recognised, but it’s human nature to create the problem faster than it can solved. It’s clear a bit of hyperbole existed, because he did follow it up saying, until we find another way around it or clean it up.
@@Sxchiko While that is a valid enough reason for some x or y to put up a video, Johnny doesn't just put up videos to ask a question with half blown facts. He is known to research every nook and cranny (this is the standard he has set for himself). All a lot of us are saying is that this is alarmist nonsense and not his style of journalism.
“It’s a place where earths gravity can kind of pull you down” Actually gravity almost the same strength, 90% of sea level. You have to be traveling more than 17,000 mph to actually get to orbit. It’s not just a zone you get to that has weak gravity and then boom orbit
It's not so much that there's a lack of gravity, but rather a lack of thick enough atmosphere to prevent orbits. Sure, LEO still has atmospheric drag (ISS has to boost itself every now and then), yet it acts very minimally over long time periods.
5% ain't shit. if people want to go to space for recreation they should be paying 200% tax with the funds used to launch 2 more space ships for scientific or exploration purposes
"You can't rely on private companies to regulate themselves for the good of everyone." That's the most accurate statement I've heard in a long time haha
I mean they kind of already are. Both Blue Origin and SpaceX are working towards fully reusable rockets that don't leave junk in space. Eventually the issue will start bottlenecking their operations and they are more than likely going to have to address it for the sake of profit.
Some interesting points were raised in this video: mega-constellations are coming, the rate at which satellites are launched isn't stopping and we do need a better system to manage them all. That being said there were inaccuracies throughout
@@FHS9966 This video seemed to lack the normally very impressive amount of background research and outside expertise that this channel usually has. Not putting into context the way many LEO satellites, including all Star Link satellites, will be able to make slight adjustments to avoid collision and deorbit themselves at the end of their life due to their very low orbit, around 350 miles, seems to be a massive thing to not point out. Additionally, not mentioning the phrase Kessler Syndrome, which is basically the entire topic of this video, or the good that these satellites are doing seems like a rare mistake on a normally very thoughtful channel. Some of his info is even incorrect, the number of small pieces in orbit are greater than even what he said showing he might not have put as much research into this video as normal. Seems a bit rushed and opportunistic after the recent space news from Jeff Bezos, ect. I'm not pro adding more satellites or actively against it just thought this video could have used a bit more substance so it wouldn't feel as panicky.
Yes. Wall-E was a "likely result of our current path" kind of dystopian story. If you watch through the correct lens, it really should scare you silly.
Johnny, you do realize Starlink is at an *extremely* low orbit, to the point where anything that had its orbit trajectory affected by a collision would make it deorbit in a couple months? Starlink is not in some high-up low earth orbit.
While SpaceX has so far launched their satellites into pretty low orbits, they have plans for shells as high as 1200km/750mi. Tens of thousands of satellites at that height, where it would take a few decades to decay rather than a few years, is absolutely something we should be concerned about.
@@adamrak7560 It's more so to do with cost and efficiency, their plans are about more bandwidth and connectability. Geostationary satellites can have huge disadvantages, either with the cost, or with effective coverage, LEO satellites may require loads more, but the cost can be significantly less depending on how they go about setting them up and the design process. Elon seems to care about the issues in general, but for this use it's not really an issue, more or less just something governments are worried about.
@@gabbar51ngh really? I didn’t know that, I figured it could work if space was littered with junk, but I don’t know how to go about it, so just made it as a joke lol.
@@bossmicky9256 Elon Musk has also toyed with the idea of using starship as a space junk collector, although we can't trust all space companies indefinitely to self regulate; space companies do have a return investment to keep space clean.
@@AbhishekLour haha possibly. You never know, but I think this is something the billionaires who are fighting to get into space already thought of, plus they have money to make it happen. I can definitely see it being a possibility, but not something someone like me can achieve. Edit: I said already because someone above mentioned Musk of thinking of doing something similar, im sure bezos and branson have all thought of something similar, I also say its not something I can do b/c I don’t even have 100k to my name lol, and thats not even the cost of r&d and other things like material, how much it would cost for fuel, failures etc.
We can't even clean up the surface of the planet or the seas, with waste that is either stationary or moving at very low speed; never mind clean up things flying past at 28,000 kph in space!
Just a minor correction, but geostationary earth orbit (GEO, way above low earth orbit) is actually highly regulated, with disputes being settled by the ITU branch of the UN. Basically, operators can put a request for a 'slot' to put their satellite in and satellites must have to capability to put themselves into a disposal orbit at the end of life. These regulations basically ensure that satellites don't interfere or collide with each other. Perhaps similar concepts could be applied to low earth orbit, where a limited number of slots exist at certain orbital altitudes and inclinations.
"But as we all know, you can't rely on private companies to regulate themselves for the good of everyone." But Johnny, I thought we were doing stakeholder capitalism now...
Actually, there are now companies trying to figure out how to help clean out low earth orbit... But funding for them isn't enough. Unless the chain reaction happens, they will be ignored.
Johnny, I normally agree with all of your videos and think they’re well sourced. I think you’ve overlooked how modern constellation satellites can avoid each other and de orbit themselves once they’ve expired
01:34 Most satellite phones currently use geostationary satellites in a precise high orbit at 22,300 miles that is strictly controlled. They very definitely aren’t remotely ‘LEO’ which is 1,200 miles and lower.
Globalstar and Iridium have more than 100 satellites in LEO providing phone service. The low latency and lower launch cost make LEO the more attractive approach going forward. The question is whether such satellites will be put in very low orbit, where they will deorbit on their own in less than a decade (good) but need frequent replacement (less attractive to the companies putting them up) or whether they'll go on the high side of LEO where it will take decades for their orbits to decay, because it extends the useful life of the equipment (and really contributes to this problem.)
Hes not wrong though, I didn't hear him say anything that contradicts reality. In this use, geostationary satellites have big advantages and disadvantages compared LEO satellites, there are plenty of each. It's not like he said *all* of them use LEO satellites.
@@CraigButz Globalstar have 24 satellites Iridium have 66 So not your ‘more than 100’ then. Globalstar is only usable near a ground station, so half the planet can’t use it.
@@mykeh3155 he stated that commercial companies do not care about the space trash problem at all. That is factually not true. Starlink is at the low side of LEO for precisely that reason, and they are going even lower. (SpaceX obviously cares, because they are not are not just launchers, but also operate a massive sat constellation)
All new satellites should require a self de-orbiting system once they're done their service life. I think quite a few have that now to avoid a Kessler scenario. Space races (regardless of govt or civilian) are kind of a double edged sword.
All new sats do. At least from the US. Unless geo, once they are about to die they increase their orbit instead, getting out of geo making room for a new one to take it's place and then die in space lol
@@CraigButz SpaceX solves that by launching to very low orbit (550km). In case of a drifting sat it would deorbit naturally in a few years. The debris would deorbit even faster if they collide (most of it in months). Their launch costs are getting so low that they may even send up spacecrafts to capture rouge sats, but that should not be necessary in most cases, because of the short lifetime anything on that low orbit. They are even planning to launch to 350km, where you do not even need any deorbiting at all, because without propulsion everything gets deorbited in a few months.
@@mattsayers8565 At orbital velocity that could take hundreds of years for orbits to decay on some objects. (Which is kind of the point of the video.) There are still booster stages from launches 60 years ago up there. The ISS has a wipple shield and gets hit by micro meteorites all the time. There's also been a number of times the ISS crew has had to wait in the Soyuez escape capsules when there was a potential impact window for objects large enough to cause serious damage.
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I think that's the bit where you add the Tim Curry "Space!" meme originally from Red Alert 3, right? Except maybe use deepfake to put Bezos' face on it...
Thank you Harris for your amazing info videos. It is definitely enlightening! Can you cover a video on COP 26, IPCC reports, UNFCCC, and climate agreements from previous decades which most nations failed to meet. I believe you will find most formidable issues of this century to learn and share. Thanks again
Great video, big fan of the channel, I also follow the space industry closely. A few quick thoughts: - in LEO there is still atmosphere to crash into, so satellites do eventually self-clean themselves up, even if they completely die and can’t de orbit themselves, and if they crash into each other and create debris, that debris won’t be massively further from the atmosphere, so the little bits will show down due to drag even faster (a matter of months or years, not decades). This is also how that train of starlink satellites spreads out, they angle them to increase/reduce drag to make them spread. - The big satellite constellations do typically seek permission to orbit in certain orbital planes, so they are incentivised to keep their orbit clean. - many many of the hundreds of satellites that are launched each month are small or cubesats and de orbit in a matter of days/months - definitely it’s worth being concerned about junk in higher orbits contributing to Kessler Syndrome. - there are some cool solutions being dreamed up for solving this problem, and they will benefit from some of the new rockets being produced. - viewers don’t need to feel like every rocket launch they see is contributing to some impending doom, but yes it is something being managed, and more oversight would be wise
Wat sux is this is the 3rd topic he touches on that im familiar with where he is blatantly wrong on. Now im wondering if his other videos about topics i know nothing about are also wrong.
You're not the only one. At this point I am questioning Johnny's journalism and his intentions. Was this just skipped over?! Was it because lack of research?! Was it other motives?! Was it because other influences?! Or is there a much BIGGER **cough Hedge Firms** motive to make a video like this????
Sometimes I feel like he focuses too much on editing, to where it's simply overedited and flashy to catch viewer's attention, and that may have led to him not even mentioning Kessler Syndrome. Very bad to not mention it in this video. It's a very, very important topic he's discussing, the future of our species being able to get off this planet safely. His overedited style is why I find him hard to watch -__- and now maybe it looks like it's done him wrong.
It would have been interesting to quote some experts on the issue. Because I know from past videos that you don't just arrive at an answer without any person or article that triggered your interest.
Some good points were made, our space treaties desperately need amending and/or new ones agreed upon for sure! Space IS amazing and will help us develop as a species, and yes, the Kessler syndrome (domino effect of space debris) is a real threat. HOWEVER there definitely were some missed points in this video, a bit of misinformation, or missing information...
This is the first video of Johnny’s that I felt was a flop. I’m sure he did a lot of research on this topic but it seems like he only looked at the parts that fed into his preconceived notion
Exactly, he wanted to take advantage of all the recent interest in space. So he found a topic that could be dramatized. No mention of SpaceX Starlink sats in a very Low Orbit to de-orbit quickly. Or the companies working on tech to collect space debris. Elon cares a lot about Space Debris & Kessler Syndrome. SpaceX wants to have 1000s of Starships flying between Mars & Earth. So even if he doesn’t care personally, he has to care because it would affect SpaceX & his plans for colonizing Mars. Johnny's videos have always been so well researched, unbiased & not dramatized. This one is a flop & I believe he should make a follow-up video correcting & clarifying all the information in this video. A properly well-researched, in-depth look into this subject would be a very interesting video.
Tbh I recently subscribed to check him out and a lot of the recent videos show he does not fully understand what he is talking about. HOWEVER I still agree with you that all the others I saw could at least teach the average person without too many errors/omissions, and he does at least have a good BASIC understanding. this was the only one that is more bad than meh. (Only other gripe is that I find he stretches out the length too much but so many channels do this so not so bad)
Gravity is supposed to be a symbolic film about a mother confronting her own fears about the death of her child - sure, the physics is not all there, but that's not the point of the movie. It seems to attract the 'AKCHUALLY' crowd like flies to honey though which is at least entertaining on its own hehe.
@@errhka I don't mind how movies portray space, it's not like they represent physics and reality here on earth anyway ;) But you don't call the physics of the latest fast & furious realistic don't you? Same with Gravity
Collect the debris and send it to mars or the moon. We could potentially use the materials for future missions and save on costs since the payload is already off the planet and it wouldn't take as much fuel to send everything over.
@Truly Twisted good luck catching debris with a starship. You would have to adjust your orbit to match your targets orbit for each piece of junk you want to catch. A lighter and more nimble satellite would be better suited for the job. For big chunks you might even use something like the mission extension vehicle
@Truly Twisted if ICBMs are flying, humanities main problem is nuclear war! Space debris will be the smallest concern. The US has over 400 ICBMs in service, even if 90% collided with debris there could still be mutually assured destruction. The only real danger to satellites would be the countermeasures. While kinetic kill vehicles would leave a cone of debris that would mostly follow the ballistic trajectory back to earth, other anti-ICBM concepts included detonation nukes in space. Tests expanded the Van-allen-belts and destroyed nearby satellites by emp. But in the end I must stress that satellite operators starving in a nuclear winter is the bigger problem.
Johnny Harris: I stopped watching regular media because they tell scary stories to bump up viewership. Audience: Cool. Thanks :) Johnny Harris: Now hold my beer.
Seriously, I gave the traditional like at the start of the video, but as it went on, it went to no like to dislike. Dude is fear mongering for no reason about a subject he doesn't know much about.
@@irasingh2498 hahahaha this is not informative... cash grab plain and simple... 60 second insurance advert you cannot skip? LIFE INSURANCE while seeding fear and imprisonment and lifes destruction? No threat detected here, clearly informative... (says no critical thinker watching this ever :P)
"A bunch of these blew up because they're really terribly made" *deep breath* BOI Do you get how hard space is? How difficult it is to build a launch vehicle? Edit: Much love to Johnny and independent journalism, I just happen to work on this hardware and it's a miracle that it works at all.
Exactly, do people not grasp how amazing it is that a species of animal has evolved that can transcend the planet itself? You’re really gonna throw shade because launch vehicles don’t always work at first? Compared to the average person the people who failed to make all the launch vehicles work perfectly are leagues above.
As someone who has no idea how hard space is on the hardware, can you list like a top 5 (or 10, or whatever number works for you)? I've heard that some metals can "cold" weld themselves together in space. That would be one thing I never expected even was a possibility 😅😆
Relative to today the failed vehicles were terribly made. We learned from the failures. Hopefully today's launch vehicles will be looked at in a similar way in 50-80 years.
I get that this is an interesting topic and we do need to keep an eye on this stuff and regulate it. However, the video could be better researched/portrayed. Starlink is not at the same altitudes as the big satelites, we do monitor what happens with the debris in space and the experts say the Kessler effect is possible but unlikely to happen.
There's other problems with Starlink. Like the fact that all these satellites cause reflections on telescope lenses and make many images taken useless. Yeah, that's a real problem.
@@Marchelo1988 Well actually SpaceX have been working with astronomers to solve this issue. They added a dark coating to the satellites and rotated it to an angle so the sun wouldn't reflect the light back to earth. This problem isn't fully resolved yet but they are making good progress.
Whilst this creator has plenty of informative videos, this is honestly one of his least informative ones. He makes plenty of statements that have no basis. To which I would suggest actually looking into if you’re actually interested in learning about this topic.
@@Semi_Protagonist I didn't find anything related to this topic on the internet, I only found about the earth's magnetic poles reseversal, which isn't the same thing and doesn't make any sense to me
The solution I've seen to many of the problems you mentioned is to station satelites in orbits that are low enough in altitude to not be sustainable without yearly boosts from a rocket engine because of atmospheric drag. A failed satelite and/or a cloud of debris would fall back into the atmosphere after a few years of not getting boosts from its internal rocket engine.
That isn't really a solution because debris can get kicked into much higher orbits by a collision, although it would help, and it is a step that could prevent future collisions after the satellite goes offline.
@@danieljensen2626 you're almost right! However, have you ever heard the idea that if you shoot a high velocity gun on the moon, the bullet will come all the way around the moon and hit the back of the gun? the same effect happens here. If a collision happens between two satellites at a low altitude, all debris from the colision will come back to somewhere around the point of collision, and since this point is within the atmosphere, drag will cause the debris to slow down and fall into the atmosphere eventually.
First time I hear someone say Gravity was "a good movie" instead of "an utter unscientifical, badly conceived and poorly executed, pile of shit" that I heard from a number of people, some of those reputable.
Well there’s a difference between making a scientifically accurate portrayal of a fictional event VS. making a film that is enjoyable to watch. Although, how good a film is depends on personal preference 🤷
@@izem.imrane absolutely I agree, and that's mostly where I want to work snd end up, but it would be a shame if space was locked off and the possibility was closed to us
The USSR also beat the US to unmanned flyby, orbit, crash landing, and soft landing on the moon, Mars, and Venus. The US STILL hasn't landed on Venus. That said, a manned moon landing was harder than any of those other things. In terms of a race I'd say they were kicking our ass the whole way until they tripped and fell so we beat them to the finish line.
@@danieljensen2626 But there is no finish line. China has landed the first craft to the dark side of the moon. Maybe China or USA might the first to put a human on Mars. Someone else might send a human to a moon of Jupiter one day.
@@Magistratiss Well, I'd say so, yeah. But looking at what the algorithm promotes and suppressed, clearly a sort of popular science is favored over true reality. Hence the :/
I am sure you did a lot of research about this issue. But you forgot to mention there are five fundamental regulations in international space law called corpus iuris spatialis. Registration and Liability Convention are two regulations in international space law that regulate this issue. For private entities, even though there are no regulation that regulate private entities for their activities in space but international law distinguishes direct and indirect state responsibilities. And all space activities, including private entities shall be recognised and registered by the government agencies to UN.
Love your stuff Johnny but this is a gross oversimplification of what is happening here. There are actually a lot of measures being taken to mitigate this. It's a problem yes but we need to mention deorbiting. China's space program though, that is concerning
If you think this is about hating on rich people like Musk, or that Kessler syndrome isn't a threat, you've missed the point. And I think you've written "Earth" instead of "Space" as being vast in size
@@fortuna19 my point is we could have a million f150 sized satellites in earth’s orbit and it would barely be a blip. LEO is so empty that this is simply a bad augment.
Would have been nice to have had a scientist's perspective on this that has expertise in this area. Hard to imagine that this problem hasn't been anticipated but maybe you are right.
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bro, you got a lot of facts wrong here. The 12000 satelites are for Starlink and has been approved. And NASA is trying to regulate not encourage space business.
@@MikeMessiah Johnny ain't got time for basic research, all his videos are like this 🗑🔥🗑🔥🗑
fool.. 12000 sats is business and also militarily
@@MikeMessiah I also believe all if not most of the starlink satellites are able to perform a Deorbit burn when they eventually expire along with the second stage of the falcon9. Wonder why he didn’t mention that?
Johny you need to do a much better reseachs on this subject.
As an engineer working in the space industry, I can assure you there are a lot of efforts going into mitigating this issue, all the way starting from planning the mission (all satellites going into LEO have to de-orbit in 25 years) up to AI being developed for autonomus collision avoidance (which spaceX’s starlink is currently doing, for example - but not only that, as there are private companies providing this as a service to satellite operators). Space is really hard, and your videos are proving that - we need a lot of bright engineers to work in this field.
Yeah, I picked up on that too. The issue is certainly not being ignored.
Well, sign me up. I'm ready to work in the space industry
Space is Fake man... the Firmament is the "border" and everything you have worked towards is a lie... you will never get beyond LEO.... ever
We need a trash truck !! Lol
O fucking k . BIG guy .
So you're saying there will be no Space in S P A C E?
Bruh
😂😂😂
woah! dude...
yep
@@asr4327 have you taken any sponsorship
I swear it’s like people watched Wall-E and didn’t take anything away from it.
Man Wall-E is now looking like its going to be real life
Gen X'ers watching Wall-E: "ha ha that was good fun... anyways..."
Kids in 2200 : Wall-E is so relatable
Orbits have a habit of decaying hence all these bits of junk will burn up when that happens.
Or they watched wall e and got inspired by it the other way around. Not kidding, but mind hunter is quite famous in India, and we have never reported a case of breast multiplication and naked disposal of a women’s body. And recently in a city, the similar exactly similar case is reported. I guess people don’t learn what is preached always.
I love how the vibe of this channel is on the edge of not getting too far as a conspiracy but staying right in with the facts and apprehensions
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Or space salvge. How much of what makes a satellite magnetic?
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1:05 Not to scale. The inner line is closer to 1000 km and the outer is closer to 6000 km. I wish all space videos were done to true scale. It would change our perspective on the vastness of space.
The radius of earth is 6371 km so imo I think they have already exaggerated the 1000km line
Yeah coming from the Map Guy I expected something else
To be honest, on true scale you wouldn’t see any satellite... it is however a misrepresentation
Oh WTF - it's just flat ...
@@mark4motion68 one can zoom in and show less curvature. Let the truth be represented truly. Sometimes, it’s simple, sometimes complicated.
*After 50 years*
Johnny's new video: How I took a picture of the Space Junk
This I what people thought in 1990 that they will have flying cars till 2021
lol, It ain’t that hard to find spacejunk everywhere already. Spent rockets boosters and dead satellites are everywhere already and I found them regularly when looking thru my 6 inch scope.
@@ayushxd5799 we have flying cars in 2021.
More like 10 years
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"You can't rely on private companies to regulate themselves for the good of everyone." That's the most accurate statement I've heard in a long time.
Can't rely on governments either, even more so.
Johnny, PLEASE revisit this video ASAP and do some more research! Love the work.
This video was JUST posted..??
@@absolutelybagel2218 lol
just wanna put this out there:
Gravity's movie physics are from another universe and not in a good way..
Besides that, you got some of your facts wrong/missed important details:
The 12k satelites that elon got approval for are meant for starlink. These satelites are in such a low orbit that they will self-deorbit when are no longer active, they are intentionally made this way to avert this nightmare scenario.
Although there are no direct rules for launching sats, nasa still has to give approval to US companies for them to be able to send a sat up in orbit, so it is regulated to some degree.
This video was badly researched.
He explained about NASA just encouraging the private companies rather than regulating them. Which is just ridiculous.
Seems that he missed some points. Hopefully he will come back see the comments and pin this one.
A zoom call with Scott Manly or Tim Dodd would have come a long way in terms of facts
@@dahasolomon7314 thanks I was facepalming the whole video !
Hang on.......if Amazon move their HQ to space, they could really cut their corporation tax bill! ;-0
I disagree because environmentalism is very present in the social zeitgeist and dangerous debris can cause these tech billionaires a shit ton of money in the present which I imagine would motivate them to do something. And lastly, this has been a problem of Space Agencies for a while, so I assume it'll become a problems to solve soonish
I guess amazon being registered in the US so that their space HQ would be considered american soil, just like with ships in the ocean.
😂
Kki
Along w/ a bunch of Executives as well. :)
honestly, i was surprised at how little satellites there were
Impressive that you talked about Kessler Syndrome for almost 20 min without once mentioning it's name.
yup its one line definition is the entire explaination of this video.
Also, he implies there's no tracking or coordination done at all, which is completely untrue. Collision avoidance is generally coordinated by the US military.
Maybe because nobody cares about the name of the random dude who tried to get credit for a basic common sense theory and exponent calculation.
I was waiting for the name the whole time
I've never heard of this name, and I believe Johnny too. I learned a new thing, thank you :)
I admire Johnnys work, and I love his content! However, as a space enthusiast I can tell that a lot of details have been rushed in this video, leading many new space interested people to believe, that no one is taking action against the Kessler syndrome.
This is not true though...
I got that vibe too. The editing even was just off slightly in a way. Idk
10:15 from his sentence construction, he seems to suggest that NASA is directly funding Spacex's Starlink smh
edited: to be clear, i find this statement misleading. while it's true that SpaceX is getting some funding from NASA (mostly rocket development), Starlink is entirely an independent SpaceX endeavor.
@@mjjjuly NASA already doesn't have enough budget for the moon so imagine them funding Starlink lmao
I agree 100%
What are the action against it? I only know that a new satellite must be registered somewhere but that’s all.
Imagine investing Billions of dollars to launch a rocket only for it to be completely destroyed by a single bolt
Honestly sounds like relationships lmao
You don't need a bolt, a small mica of few millimeters is good enough.
i mean, this is a vastly oversimplified explanation of the vast complexity in rocket science (which is comprised of various disciplines and trades including things like rocket plumbing), but youtube comment sections are for memes and morons instead of any nuance
don't take my comment as an endorsement of billionaires owning space, i just hate bad faith arguments
Velocity.
Imagine spending billion dollars to complete a 10 minute flight with 4 minute of Zero G
I like your visual style! Maybe you could make a tutorial on your graphic, not only on geo layers. Thanx for your stuff!!
Make a video about the Kessler effect, without mentioning the Kessler effect...
Yes
Precisely my goal!
@@johnnyharris That's weird.
But weirder not to tell that low earth orbit used by SpaceX Starlink cleans itself fast. Satellite is orbiting there for 5 year until it will eventually burn. And that is the reason why the constellation was permitted on the first place.
Bezos and Branson haven't even gone orbit.
And of course not mentioning that reusable rockets won't spill orbit with detached stages and trash. Who needs this anyway...
@@johnnyharris Yes but that makes it sound like this is all your idea and work, when all your doing is a bad job of characterizing the work done by others. That’s not making it accessible, that’s ego.
@Apexseals Well i dont see any problem in that. Maybe he never watch planetes.
"And guess who's to blame. That's right, the British Empire"
the british empire sounds like old Zuko in LoK talking about all the times he tried to kill Aang when he was a bad guy.
Britain ? Who?
Those english men
@@KSM_bruh *British
@Moe Lester Google Translate is weird
I sincerely hope, that other videos of yours with concepts that are less known to me are not as inaccurate as this one. I love your work and I've watched a ton of it. I also thought I had learned a lot from them. This video provides me with a scary prospective - much might have been very shallowly researched. With regards to this video, I agree with your hope for more collaboration and thoughtful, international efforts to get us out there sustainably. I am 100% on board with this. I just hope you can take another look at the topic of satellites, orbits, orbital decay, economics with regards to lifting mass from surface into orbit and into deep space and I hope you'll create another video (or more) with your findings. My key concerns with this video is: 1.) The thousands of satellites that are planned for constellations by SpaceX and others are in really low orbits which decay within months. This is by design - there is no debris issue with regards to these satellites. 2.) It is in my opinion somewhat uninformed to say those satellites aren't subject to governance and that the decades old space laws have never considered them. Have you looked into what is required by US regulations alone to be allowed to launch and operate these satellites? 3.) I cannot follow your reasoning why the new breed of commercial launch vehicles and their operators (SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab, ...) are 'bad' simply because they lift mass and objects into space. That is by definition what you want us to remain being able to do. Personally I think it's pretty clever from NASA to move into commercialization of access to Space as this will lead to the wide availability that is necessary to get people to live on the Moon and other Planets. Universities have access to science and scientific opportunities never seen before, because of the lowered price per kg of cargo to space. The thing feels a bit like a hit piece on Musk and Branson even though they are not the ones creating the debris. In fact the whole thing with Branson's and Bezos' space tourism is, while arguably bad in other ways - not connected to space debris at all. Why are they in this piece at all?
This
My thoughts exactly too. A lot of missed and misrepresentation in this video. The intent was in the right place, but the data presented poorly.
Bro Bezos just said we need to move pollution into space. Eff off
It's kinda a theme with the channel I've found it's a lot of presenting ideas against the norm and how everything is kinda an elaborate scam
@@samakisan I would also welcome a critical video on space tourism and other topics. Topics where criticism towards the Billionaires is well placed. But here it’s just a mix of things that are loosely related at the very best.
The aliens have sent their giant saucers back to their home, to avoid this collision accidents. We watched them go, without realizing what happened.
Satellites being made now are made to completely disintegrate in the atmosphere in a controlled way (including SpaceX, since the last thing Elon Musk wants is to not be able to go to Mars)
Also PBS Space Time's yt channel has a great video about space debris where they go into the math of the chain reaction
It's not the panic inducing nightmare this guy makes it out to be. And he never once says the term Kessler Syndrome. It makes me wonder how much research did he put into this video. It's almost like he saw a headline and decided it was a bad thing and needed to tell everyone.
How would they disintegrate once in space?
@@kareemal-saghir4721 they deorbit, enter the atmosphere at almost Mach 26 and burn up just like a meteor
@@kareemal-saghir4721 using their thrusters to slow themselves down to burn up in the atmosphere. That's a reason why Elon Musk chose that low orbit so this can be done easily.
@@xliquidflames These hive mind people tend to hate things when they the word billionaire is on it.
Billionaires put rockets on the sky an no one bats an eye, but put them inside the rocket and everyone loses their minds.
Missed mentioning many of the new generation satellites have thrusters to avoid collisions like 2009.
Plus an end of life plan, savely de-orbiting satalite.
True, but KSAT doesn’t see small debris. One rouge particle could end a single commercial satellite. It’s only the satellite to satellite collision that you’re getting a chance to avoid.
@@SGAFirefly True, but Johnny Harris main focus was satellite to satellite collision, but he didn't inform viewers that collision avoidens is being implemented (without it being mandatory). Plus he showed wat a particle would do to a solar panel and didn't dive into the topic that there are millions of particles in orbit, and that the chance to get hit with particles increases dramatically with ever x amount of satallites.
Also missed mentioning how low earth orbit is no more limited by satellites than the earth ground is limited by the 1.42 billion cars on its surface.
@@fabioj5896 wasn't that the point? Cars have traffic laws, stop signs, roundabouts, stop lights, city cops, county cops, state cops, federal cops, park rangers, speed bumps, rules of the road, etc etc.
3:05 Watching Scott Manley on youtube, I would say they probably weren't "terribly made", they blew up because space travel is complicated and every failure usually led to a new discovery on how to make the next spacecraft better. Trial and error
Its rocket science after all
...so what you're saying is that they were terribly made.
@@fapuloes because building rockets is harder than people think
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The only thing terribly made in this video is ...the video itself. It is poorly researched. How do you do a video on the Kessler Syndrome and then never actually say the words Kessler Syndrome?
From Quora ->
Debris left in orbits below 600 km normally fall back to Earth within several years.
At altitudes of 800 km, the time for orbital decay is often measured in centuries.
Above 1,000 km, orbital debris will normally continue circling the Earth for a thousand years or more.
As someone who does a lot of research on space exploration and industries, there is so many inaccuracies in this video that it makes me a lot less trusting of the information on all the other videos with subjects that I'm very much less familiar.
I agree with this 100%. It feels like this one video ruins all other videos on his channel, as this is a topic im very familiar with.. yet it turned out to be inaccurate at best and fear mongering for youtube cash at worst.
I find that is always the case when a journalist speaks on a topic I have expertise on. Being a good communicator doesn't mean that you are an expert.
I 100% agree. Having been studying this topic for years, i found there was quite a bit of inaccuracies when it came to this video. Just the fact that Virgin Galactic was shown (even though they never plan on going orbital) made me cringe a bit. This also made me question many if the other videos he's posted I've been telling people as fact. It simply sounds like he looked up what the fear mongering articles have said and non of the other legitimate sources.
Watch this video
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Ever since I watched this video and read Johnny's response my trust regarding the objectivity and the information in his videos immediately plummeted. I still watch because of great editing but I don't trust 100 percent what he says anymore
What exactly did he get wrong? Serious question, idk much about space travel
I partially agree, but there are a lot of misunderstood or misinterpreted parts.
Like what
@@narsimhas1360 check the top comments I can’t recall what was said.
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I think you're at a size now where you could easily get some research help and also start including interviews with experts to help your research so you don't miss important facts :)
Yeah, this was shoddy journalism
He is the "expert in curated research" 😀
@@AshishRaiprofile I'm not a journalist but well I do have both a degree in physics and in cultural studies. It just doesn't matter for the purpose of my comment. But even without any uni qualifications one can learn how to research a topic properly and tell people when they haven't done their due diligence.
Love this ain’t even criticism it’s just constructive :)
I'm confused. What did he miss or what's wrong with this video?
That nightmare scenario sounds like a great concept for a book, game, or movie.
The movie Gravity was excellent
I’ve seen a lot of comments about there being mischaracterizations and inaccuracies in this video. I’m interested in correcting them in my mind and the minds of my viewers. So please below this comment list anything that was wrong or unfairly characterized. I do my best to get it right!!
Hey johnny
Make a redo of your Davos propaganda vid too while you're at it :)
Attention... that this information is not completely correct... not all Satellites walk at this speed... and a good part of them follow the speed of the planet, being fixed to regions or countries. For example, TV and Telecommunications satellites and more.
It is utterly important keep not the lower earth orbit clean, but geostationary, it is 30k kilometers high, and it is the most precious. Satellites there orbit with the rate of earths spin, so satellite stays over single point, always. And because of extreme altitude, trash there can not deorbit with time. Maybe several millions years for such orbits to decay.
You didn't even mention how atmospheric drag takes most of the space debris down over time. This video is very alarmist, not well researched, and should be removed.
I was hoping that Johnny would actually mention the term "Kessler Syndrome"
yep
i already hope Johnny will mention that term
but no
I think that would be worth a whole separate video honestly, just from looking at the Wikipedia
I just assumed I had missed him saying it. Why avoid mentioning the name of the topic he just researched, filmed and released? He also made it seem as though nearly no steps are being taken to help avoid and no plans to mitigate the potential problem. If felt weird, but I think I kind of get why. This felt like a half step, maybe it was to catch the wave of news and discussion following the recent low earth "orbits" by some rich dudes.
wait what’s kessler syndrome
@@notatrick88 It's basically what he described in the video. That some space debris collides with an orbiting object, creating more debris in the process that can hit more things. Cascading to the point where there's so much random debris, that any attempt into orbit, or beyond, could be destroyed and only add to the problem. Forcing us to not be able to make it up into spade until most of it burns up in our atmosphere. But many scientists working on space programs are aware of the potential and steps are being taken. So I'd say it's more cause for caution than alarm right now.
This video brings up good points, but as a person who works in the space industry, a lot of this information is either misconstrued, misleading, or incorrect. There are serious efforts being made to address the space debris problem. So many incredible people are tirelessly working these legislative and regulatory shortfalls
EXACTLY! I was so disappointed in someone this good at making docs slowly go down the totempole in quality. Hopefully he is a bit more thorough and LESS alarmist.
I agree. He does have some point, dont get me wrong. More needs to be done about avoiding Kepler Syndrome. Some countries need to take it more seriously, and I think there should be more treaties/legislation to help with this. That doesn't quite mean that SpaceX or Blue Origin or ULA are the devil for boosting the space economy, and all three tend to be pretty good about being responsible, I think because they realize that if they dont, and trigger a prompt critical (so to speak) breakdown of low earth orbit, theyre fucked. The business just disappears in minutes, and stays dead for dozens of years. They know better than to shit where they eat. Still, thats not a guarantee, there should be legislation and treaties on the issue. Still, I dont think this characterization is quite fair.
Personally? I think maybe the single most important use of Starship may be removing space debris. Even more important than going to mars (at least at this moment in time). Because the moon, mars or anywhere else is totally cut off from us if we dont avoid Kepler Syndrome.
EDIT: Let me just point out, I havent made any comment on any of these CEOs as people. At the very kindest we can say none of them is perfect, at the more realistic level, theyre all pretty much dickbags (some more than others). However, that doesnt make everything they do inherently bad. Bezos in particular I think is really kind of a dick, but his space related business, Blue Origin, is probably one of the best things he's done in his life. Even so it doesnt make his choices or Blue Origin's flawless either. These big CEO figureheads are usually assholes, but these companies are more than just them, and just because the founder is an asshole doesnt mean the company is bad or is going to do bad things. Its always possible of course, but its not a foregone conclusion that the company and its deeds are bad, simply because the founder is an ass.
I could not agree with you more and would like to know what you think of another comment i made mainly for Johnny as this video is just so frustrating.
Dude, you really seem like you are trying to fear monger in this video. Not only is SpaceX a private company not beholden to investors, but it, (and Blue Origin/ Virgin Galactic), are actively anticipating scenarios where they will need to act as a debris collector for low earth orbit space junk. All three of the CEO's are not just billionaires with no shits to give in regards to LEO; they very much understand that if a thriving space industry is to exist, these problems will have to be solved. You also greatly mischaracterize the fact that there is "no regulation" in space. Who do you think SpaceX is asking to allow them to launch all these satellites? There are several organizations in the U.S. and the E.U. that regulate when and where these companies are allowed to place these satellites into orbit. It is not just a random path that they throw a dart at and say good enough. Thousands of man hours are put into planning and logistics in regards to the area around Earth in which these satellites reside.
I normally support your videos wholeheartedly, but you really seem like you phoned it in for this video. It bums me out because this video might make someone anti-space and that is awful. "There are no rules of the road in space." Dude really? It took me literally 30 seconds, to google, "rules regarding satellites launching internationally", and i got at least 3 governmental websites from Australia, the U.K. and the U.S.
I do agree with your point that cooperation is indeed critical; however, this video is 90%, WE'RE GONNA TO BE TRAPPED AHHHHH. We will not be trapped on earth even if LEO became riddled with space mines. The trajectories that are calculated now and in the future, very much take into account for the fact that there is debris in space to account for and to maneuver around. You reeeeeeally seem like you looked at the wrong sources on this one.
Speaking of, what are your sources?? Where do you get your information from? You might seem a little more credible in regards to your arguments if you included which sources you derived your information from cause for all I know you got some if this information from Buzz feed. You are a journalist! You know sources are everything. Why should I listen to what you say if you cannot corroborate it? Trusting you to do your research is not enough and should never be enough.
Talk to NasaSpaceFlight, EveryDayAstronaut, or Scott Kelly if you want to speak to subject matter experts on what you tried to get across in this video. These men can answer almost any possible question you have in regards to Space related things. This is not a topic that a sub 20 minute video featuring no sources can hope to encompass, but you could've done better than this.
The point of the video is to ask the question. While there are ppl tirelessly working on solving the problem, the fact is the problem exist for you to be so tirelessly working on it. The tireless jobs are also not as hyped as equally or implemented as fast as the source of the problem. Also, the point everyone in this thread actually agree with, is what the whole video is about. So being frustrated that there are ppl who are working on cleaning up space not being mentioned, is the same as beach cleaner upset someone raising concerns about polluting the ocean. There are always a group working on doing the right thing and not being recognised, but it’s human nature to create the problem faster than it can solved. It’s clear a bit of hyperbole existed, because he did follow it up saying, until we find another way around it or clean it up.
@@Sxchiko While that is a valid enough reason for some x or y to put up a video, Johnny doesn't just put up videos to ask a question with half blown facts. He is known to research every nook and cranny (this is the standard he has set for himself). All a lot of us are saying is that this is alarmist nonsense and not his style of journalism.
Man ..where have you been all this years ..your videos are very beneficial
“It’s a place where earths gravity can kind of pull you down” Actually gravity almost the same strength, 90% of sea level. You have to be traveling more than 17,000 mph to actually get to orbit. It’s not just a zone you get to that has weak gravity and then boom orbit
It's not so much that there's a lack of gravity, but rather a lack of thick enough atmosphere to prevent orbits. Sure, LEO still has atmospheric drag (ISS has to boost itself every now and then), yet it acts very minimally over long time periods.
@@mrbyzantine0528 this!!! Anywhere lower and you would have to keep adding energy to keep the satellite in orbit.
It’s practically stuff with velocity less than earth’s escape velocity
2040: Sorry sir, you need to pay 5% tax for your journey to space.
Billionaires: I think I will not
So a departure from your nation tax?
@@SMunro VAT (Value Added Tax)
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5% ain't shit. if people want to go to space for recreation they should be paying 200% tax with the funds used to launch 2 more space ships for scientific or exploration purposes
"You can't rely on private companies to regulate themselves for the good of everyone." That's the most accurate statement I've heard in a long time haha
You can't rely on anyone, to be honest. Not like governments have a good track record on ensuring screw ups don't happen.
I mean they kind of already are. Both Blue Origin and SpaceX are working towards fully reusable rockets that don't leave junk in space. Eventually the issue will start bottlenecking their operations and they are more than likely going to have to address it for the sake of profit.
so communism?
@@junn805 Nope, just capitalism, but with fair regulations. Like always, "free market" and private regulating itself ad eternum is a myth.
@@oatlord Exactly...Look what Afghanistan turned out after Biden promised such humiliating retreat would never happen.
One of the best youtube channels I came across for insightful journalism
Some interesting points were raised in this video: mega-constellations are coming, the rate at which satellites are launched isn't stopping and we do need a better system to manage them all. That being said there were inaccuracies throughout
You should probably back that up with what those inaccuracies are exactly with sources.
@@FHS9966 Lol. My thoughts exactly!
@@FHS9966 This video seemed to lack the normally very impressive amount of background research and outside expertise that this channel usually has. Not putting into context the way many LEO satellites, including all Star Link satellites, will be able to make slight adjustments to avoid collision and deorbit themselves at the end of their life due to their very low orbit, around 350 miles, seems to be a massive thing to not point out. Additionally, not mentioning the phrase Kessler Syndrome, which is basically the entire topic of this video, or the good that these satellites are doing seems like a rare mistake on a normally very thoughtful channel. Some of his info is even incorrect, the number of small pieces in orbit are greater than even what he said showing he might not have put as much research into this video as normal. Seems a bit rushed and opportunistic after the recent space news from Jeff Bezos, ect. I'm not pro adding more satellites or actively against it just thought this video could have used a bit more substance so it wouldn't feel as panicky.
@@FHS9966 maybe the person who made the video should’ve actually done their research. it shows that they didn’t
Also nasa isn't investing in the companys, it buying products (satalite in orbit or outsourcing research projects).
safe to say Johnny's Borders series have reached space
Imagine how borders would look like after we started colonising other planets.
@@Ascientistsjourney pretty sure British will mess up the borders there too
Boy nothing like a Johnny Harris video to make me completely terrified of a problem I didn't know I needed to be terrified about.
You don't need to be terrified.
There is literally nothing to fear with this, this video was very poorly researched
Towards the end I was about to cry... I could feel the emotional connection
No wonder there's less UFO sightings and obductions. 😂
@ׁ aliens are real.
@ׁ I mean, you seem to be a ghost
@@dailydoseofblues7708 Prove it.
statistically the odds are in favor of the existence of extraterrestrial life, given how massive space is
@@isaacwright4910 ahh yes someone actually using their freaking brain
Humans: Pollute earth and make it inhabitable.
Also Humans: Why not pollute space too?
As if Earth is not enough.
We aren’t polluting it with anything harmful in the United States but China is
@@praiseyahwehandyeshua6543
Your average black religious weirdo
I am the chosen people of Yahweh oooooh praise me
space is fucking huge. we can pollute it as much as we want. all we need is some space without junk to travel through for missions
@@praiseyahwehandyeshua6543 Please shut up.
WALL-E really did predict the future…
Exactly🗿
Yes. Wall-E was a "likely result of our current path" kind of dystopian story. If you watch through the correct lens, it really should scare you silly.
@@codeman99-dev agree
_I love how your channel will frequently go into depth about a topic but never even hazard a guess about solutions._
Johnny, you do realize Starlink is at an *extremely* low orbit, to the point where anything that had its orbit trajectory affected by a collision would make it deorbit in a couple months? Starlink is not in some high-up low earth orbit.
While SpaceX has so far launched their satellites into pretty low orbits, they have plans for shells as high as 1200km/750mi. Tens of thousands of satellites at that height, where it would take a few decades to decay rather than a few years, is absolutely something we should be concerned about.
And they are going even lower. They really seem to care about the Kessler syndrome, otherwise going that low seems like a bad idea.
@@CraigButz could you send a link that talks about this. I’m trying to read more about it
@@adamrak7560 It's more so to do with cost and efficiency, their plans are about more bandwidth and connectability. Geostationary satellites can have huge disadvantages, either with the cost, or with effective coverage, LEO satellites may require loads more, but the cost can be significantly less depending on how they go about setting them up and the design process.
Elon seems to care about the issues in general, but for this use it's not really an issue, more or less just something governments are worried about.
oh god here comes the elon fanboys .
The next multimillion dollar industry (potentially billion): Space clean up
That's actually being researched. I can see government hiring Private companies to clean up some designated paths for satellites before launching one.
@@gabbar51ngh really? I didn’t know that, I figured it could work if space was littered with junk, but I don’t know how to go about it, so just made it as a joke lol.
@@bossmicky9256 Elon Musk has also toyed with the idea of using starship as a space junk collector, although we can't trust all space companies indefinitely to self regulate; space companies do have a return investment to keep space clean.
@@AbhishekLour haha possibly. You never know, but I think this is something the billionaires who are fighting to get into space already thought of, plus they have money to make it happen. I can definitely see it being a possibility, but not something someone like me can achieve.
Edit: I said already because someone above mentioned Musk of thinking of doing something similar, im sure bezos and branson have all thought of something similar, I also say its not something I can do b/c I don’t even have 100k to my name lol, and thats not even the cost of r&d and other things like material, how much it would cost for fuel, failures etc.
We can't even clean up the surface of the planet or the seas, with waste that is either stationary or moving at very low speed; never mind clean up things flying past at 28,000 kph in space!
WALL.E showed this scenario in a scene 13 years ago. Mad prediction 😂
Nah this has been a hypothesis for decades now. It was first created by Donald Kessler in the 70s.
@@brianisme6498 WALL.E made it iconic 😂
@@sukhvirnijjar5757 not really, but you can believe that if you wish.
Wait untill billionaires and millionaires start being immortal.Watch Elysium
Just a minor correction, but geostationary earth orbit (GEO, way above low earth orbit) is actually highly regulated, with disputes being settled by the ITU branch of the UN. Basically, operators can put a request for a 'slot' to put their satellite in and satellites must have to capability to put themselves into a disposal orbit at the end of life. These regulations basically ensure that satellites don't interfere or collide with each other. Perhaps similar concepts could be applied to low earth orbit, where a limited number of slots exist at certain orbital altitudes and inclinations.
"But as we all know, you can't rely on private companies to regulate themselves for the good of everyone."
But Johnny, I thought we were doing stakeholder capitalism now...
LoL 😂😂😂
I need some space now.
I reckon the McDonalds thing broke him lol
Actually, there are now companies trying to figure out how to help clean out low earth orbit... But funding for them isn't enough.
Unless the chain reaction happens, they will be ignored.
@@kaitlyn__L mcdonalds out here radicalizing people against capitalism. lets go
Johnny, I normally agree with all of your videos and think they’re well sourced. I think you’ve overlooked how modern constellation satellites can avoid each other and de orbit themselves once they’ve expired
Wanted to point this out, also people have started to look up ways to bring back the space debris.
Also the amount of paperwork for flight paths and orbits are heavily regulated at least in the US by the FAA. China, not so sure
01:34 Most satellite phones currently use geostationary satellites in a precise high orbit at 22,300 miles that is strictly controlled.
They very definitely aren’t remotely ‘LEO’ which is 1,200 miles and lower.
Globalstar and Iridium have more than 100 satellites in LEO providing phone service. The low latency and lower launch cost make LEO the more attractive approach going forward. The question is whether such satellites will be put in very low orbit, where they will deorbit on their own in less than a decade (good) but need frequent replacement (less attractive to the companies putting them up) or whether they'll go on the high side of LEO where it will take decades for their orbits to decay, because it extends the useful life of the equipment (and really contributes to this problem.)
Hes not wrong though, I didn't hear him say anything that contradicts reality.
In this use, geostationary satellites have big advantages and disadvantages compared LEO satellites, there are plenty of each. It's not like he said *all* of them use LEO satellites.
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@@CraigButz
Globalstar have 24 satellites
Iridium have 66
So not your ‘more than 100’ then.
Globalstar is only usable near a ground station, so half the planet can’t use it.
@@mykeh3155 he stated that commercial companies do not care about the space trash problem at all. That is factually not true.
Starlink is at the low side of LEO for precisely that reason, and they are going even lower. (SpaceX obviously cares, because they are not are not just launchers, but also operate a massive sat constellation)
I just love that you use kilometers as a measurement! Awesome video!
All new satellites should require a self de-orbiting system once they're done their service life. I think quite a few have that now to avoid a Kessler scenario. Space races (regardless of govt or civilian) are kind of a double edged sword.
All new sats do. At least from the US. Unless geo, once they are about to die they increase their orbit instead, getting out of geo making room for a new one to take it's place and then die in space lol
Yes, but if you are launching tens or hundreds of thousands of satellites, you can expect dozens or hundreds where the de-orbiting fails.
They already have one… it’s called gravity.
@@CraigButz SpaceX solves that by launching to very low orbit (550km). In case of a drifting sat it would deorbit naturally in a few years. The debris would deorbit even faster if they collide (most of it in months).
Their launch costs are getting so low that they may even send up spacecrafts to capture rouge sats, but that should not be necessary in most cases, because of the short lifetime anything on that low orbit.
They are even planning to launch to 350km, where you do not even need any deorbiting at all, because without propulsion everything gets deorbited in a few months.
@@mattsayers8565 At orbital velocity that could take hundreds of years for orbits to decay on some objects. (Which is kind of the point of the video.) There are still booster stages from launches 60 years ago up there. The ISS has a wipple shield and gets hit by micro meteorites all the time. There's also been a number of times the ISS crew has had to wait in the Soyuez escape capsules when there was a potential impact window for objects large enough to cause serious damage.
0:16 Wow I cannot get over that transition
World *pay tax*
Jeff : Goes to space
'I want to thank every Amazon employee, and every Amazon customer, because you guys paid for all this.’
The life we live compared to the wealthy is night and day.
@@_whatnext_9319 Thank you, Captain Obvious. Our life compared to the Third World is also like night and day.
Probable future for Riches and Poors:
Destroy Earth
Riches leave Earth, while Poors left behind
Search more habitable planets to colonize
Repeat
(If the Poors left behind somehow can recover the Earth, the riches comeback just to do same shit again)
🤔🤔🤔
I think that's the bit where you add the Tim Curry "Space!" meme originally from Red Alert 3, right? Except maybe use deepfake to put Bezos' face on it...
Thank you Harris for your amazing info videos. It is definitely enlightening!
Can you cover a video on COP 26, IPCC reports, UNFCCC, and climate agreements from previous decades which most nations failed to meet. I believe you will find most formidable issues of this century to learn and share. Thanks again
This reminded me of an Anime: Planetes regarding this space trash.
Indeed, in future there will be a job like that in Planetes.
@@KySeR686 😂😂😂I need to watch that anime again.
Is it a good anime?
@@whoisjocy its very good. more on the realistic side, meaning no demon alien gods and stuff like that
Was gonna say the same thing, this anime is so good and showing what happens if theres too much space debris
Great video, big fan of the channel, I also follow the space industry closely. A few quick thoughts:
- in LEO there is still atmosphere to crash into, so satellites do eventually self-clean themselves up, even if they completely die and can’t de orbit themselves, and if they crash into each other and create debris, that debris won’t be massively further from the atmosphere, so the little bits will show down due to drag even faster (a matter of months or years, not decades). This is also how that train of starlink satellites spreads out, they angle them to increase/reduce drag to make them spread.
- The big satellite constellations do typically seek permission to orbit in certain orbital planes, so they are incentivised to keep their orbit clean.
- many many of the hundreds of satellites that are launched each month are small or cubesats and de orbit in a matter of days/months
- definitely it’s worth being concerned about junk in higher orbits contributing to Kessler Syndrome.
- there are some cool solutions being dreamed up for solving this problem, and they will benefit from some of the new rockets being produced.
- viewers don’t need to feel like every rocket launch they see is contributing to some impending doom, but yes it is something being managed, and more oversight would be wise
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This is exactly what I am studying! Law schools around the country are beginning to have aerospace programs to tackle these sorts of issues!
Johnny has been pumping out the videos recently, each as good as the last. Love to see the hard work he's putting in. Keep it up man!
This one was kinda trash
Each to their own - I enjoyed it
Wat sux is this is the 3rd topic he touches on that im familiar with where he is blatantly wrong on. Now im wondering if his other videos about topics i know nothing about are also wrong.
Johnny has been pumping em out
If you think this is good then I have a bridge to sell you
Aaargh, I'm screaming internally, not a single mention of the "Kessler syndrome", cmon man.
You're not the only one. At this point I am questioning Johnny's journalism and his intentions. Was this just skipped over?! Was it because lack of research?! Was it other motives?! Was it because other influences?! Or is there a much BIGGER **cough Hedge Firms** motive to make a video like this????
@Literally Musab If you don't learn to ASK the right questions, you discover nothing.
wait what’s kessler syndrome
@@notatrick88 a syndrome that kessler has
Sometimes I feel like he focuses too much on editing, to where it's simply overedited and flashy to catch viewer's attention, and that may have led to him not even mentioning Kessler Syndrome. Very bad to not mention it in this video. It's a very, very important topic he's discussing, the future of our species being able to get off this planet safely. His overedited style is why I find him hard to watch -__- and now maybe it looks like it's done him wrong.
It would have been interesting to quote some experts on the issue. Because I know from past videos that you don't just arrive at an answer without any person or article that triggered your interest.
Experts like who
The space X caravan looks like Morse code.
Wonder we can read it.
its the next content on Vsauce Channel
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A univeral law:
There is nothing within their tech that humans cannot mess up entirely.
Some good points were made, our space treaties desperately need amending and/or new ones agreed upon for sure! Space IS amazing and will help us develop as a species, and yes, the Kessler syndrome (domino effect of space debris) is a real threat. HOWEVER there definitely were some missed points in this video, a bit of misinformation, or missing information...
This is the first video of Johnny’s that I felt was a flop. I’m sure he did a lot of research on this topic but it seems like he only looked at the parts that fed into his preconceived notion
Exactly this. I'm disappointing and forced to reconsider my trust in his ability to research and present with an inkling of fairness.
Exactly, he wanted to take advantage of all the recent interest in space. So he found a topic that could be dramatized.
No mention of SpaceX Starlink sats in a very Low Orbit to de-orbit quickly. Or the companies working on tech to collect space debris.
Elon cares a lot about Space Debris & Kessler Syndrome. SpaceX wants to have 1000s of Starships flying between Mars & Earth.
So even if he doesn’t care personally, he has to care because it would affect SpaceX & his plans for colonizing Mars.
Johnny's videos have always been so well researched, unbiased & not dramatized. This one is a flop & I believe he should make a follow-up video correcting & clarifying all the information in this video.
A properly well-researched, in-depth look into this subject would be a very interesting video.
Tbh I recently subscribed to check him out and a lot of the recent videos show he does not fully understand what he is talking about. HOWEVER I still agree with you that all the others I saw could at least teach the average person without too many errors/omissions, and he does at least have a good BASIC understanding. this was the only one that is more bad than meh.
(Only other gripe is that I find he stretches out the length too much but so many channels do this so not so bad)
That's literally ALL of his videos, dude is trash
@@xp7575 Wow I just did some research and turns out he is probably also compromised by the World Economic Forum. Crazy....
portrayed in the movie gravity which is a really good movie
space enthusiasts: DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH
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Gravity is supposed to be a symbolic film about a mother confronting her own fears about the death of her child - sure, the physics is not all there, but that's not the point of the movie. It seems to attract the 'AKCHUALLY' crowd like flies to honey though which is at least entertaining on its own hehe.
@@errhka I don't mind how movies portray space, it's not like they represent physics and reality here on earth anyway ;) But you don't call the physics of the latest fast & furious realistic don't you? Same with Gravity
Uhhhhh no. Gravity was so scientifically illiterate it's not funny.
God, that movie is horrible. Probably one of the worst actresses of all time too.
Collect the debris and send it to mars or the moon. We could potentially use the materials for future missions and save on costs since the payload is already off the planet and it wouldn't take as much fuel to send everything over.
I'm just waiting for the response video by an actual scientist.
@Truly Twisted so, please do. Sounds like important information.
@Truly Twisted good luck catching debris with a starship. You would have to adjust your orbit to match your targets orbit for each piece of junk you want to catch. A lighter and more nimble satellite would be better suited for the job. For big chunks you might even use something like the mission extension vehicle
@Truly Twisted if ICBMs are flying, humanities main problem is nuclear war!
Space debris will be the smallest concern. The US has over 400 ICBMs in service, even if 90% collided with debris there could still be mutually assured destruction.
The only real danger to satellites would be the countermeasures. While kinetic kill vehicles would leave a cone of debris that would mostly follow the ballistic trajectory back to earth, other anti-ICBM concepts included detonation nukes in space. Tests expanded the Van-allen-belts and destroyed nearby satellites by emp.
But in the end I must stress that satellite operators starving in a nuclear winter is the bigger problem.
Johnny Harris: I stopped watching regular media because they tell scary stories to bump up viewership.
Audience: Cool. Thanks :)
Johnny Harris: Now hold my beer.
Seriously, I gave the traditional like at the start of the video, but as it went on, it went to no like to dislike. Dude is fear mongering for no reason about a subject he doesn't know much about.
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@@jju7469 based, nice to see some people aren't committed to knee jerk reactions
@@irasingh2498 hahahaha this is not informative... cash grab plain and simple... 60 second insurance advert you cannot skip? LIFE INSURANCE while seeding fear and imprisonment and lifes destruction? No threat detected here, clearly informative... (says no critical thinker watching this ever :P)
Well, at least we won't get invaded by Aliens when we shield the planet with metal junk ✌️
Not for long
They will most likely be advanced enough to kinda just
Ignore the debris completely
Conspiracy theorists will say it was the World Hegomonies plan all along!
@@wat2206 ok
Instead, the earth would be able to have a ring like Saturn's. Metal ring, not ice ring.
SPACE WAS ALWAYS ABOUT COMPETITION AND NEVER ABOUT COOPERATION.
"A bunch of these blew up because they're really terribly made"
*deep breath* BOI
Do you get how hard space is? How difficult it is to build a launch vehicle?
Edit: Much love to Johnny and independent journalism, I just happen to work on this hardware and it's a miracle that it works at all.
exactly. ngl this video is really badly researched. no hate to johnny most of them are really good
They have broken at a much higher rate than expected
Exactly, do people not grasp how amazing it is that a species of animal has evolved that can transcend the planet itself? You’re really gonna throw shade because launch vehicles don’t always work at first? Compared to the average person the people who failed to make all the launch vehicles work perfectly are leagues above.
As someone who has no idea how hard space is on the hardware, can you list like a top 5 (or 10, or whatever number works for you)?
I've heard that some metals can "cold" weld themselves together in space.
That would be one thing I never expected even was a possibility 😅😆
Relative to today the failed vehicles were terribly made. We learned from the failures. Hopefully today's launch vehicles will be looked at in a similar way in 50-80 years.
I get that this is an interesting topic and we do need to keep an eye on this stuff and regulate it. However, the video could be better researched/portrayed.
Starlink is not at the same altitudes as the big satelites, we do monitor what happens with the debris in space and the experts say the Kessler effect is possible but unlikely to happen.
Agreed, none of his points are wrong afaik, but can be somewhat misleading.
Expected a bit better from his channel
There's other problems with Starlink. Like the fact that all these satellites cause reflections on telescope lenses and make many images taken useless. Yeah, that's a real problem.
@@Marchelo1988 Well actually SpaceX have been working with astronomers to solve this issue. They added a dark coating to the satellites and rotated it to an angle so the sun wouldn't reflect the light back to earth. This problem isn't fully resolved yet but they are making good progress.
@@Marchelo1988 I'm not saying starlink is great, it's just that the debris from that is not the main problem.
Great video however, alot of these companies have already implemented safety measures, for example starlink has a de-orbiting capability
I'm getting addicted to your videos, they're marvelous and informative! I was wondering if you could make a video on earth's magnetic field reversal
Whilst this creator has plenty of informative videos, this is honestly one of his least informative ones. He makes plenty of statements that have no basis. To which I would suggest actually looking into if you’re actually interested in learning about this topic.
@@Semi_Protagonist I didn't find anything related to this topic on the internet, I only found about the earth's magnetic poles reseversal, which isn't the same thing and doesn't make any sense to me
@@The_Study_Bug Could you tell me which videos are you referring to?
The solution I've seen to many of the problems you mentioned is to station satelites in orbits that are low enough in altitude to not be sustainable without yearly boosts from a rocket engine because of atmospheric drag. A failed satelite and/or a cloud of debris would fall back into the atmosphere after a few years of not getting boosts from its internal rocket engine.
That isn't really a solution because debris can get kicked into much higher orbits by a collision, although it would help, and it is a step that could prevent future collisions after the satellite goes offline.
@@danieljensen2626 you're almost right! However, have you ever heard the idea that if you shoot a high velocity gun on the moon, the bullet will come all the way around the moon and hit the back of the gun? the same effect happens here. If a collision happens between two satellites at a low altitude, all debris from the colision will come back to somewhere around the point of collision, and since this point is within the atmosphere, drag will cause the debris to slow down and fall into the atmosphere eventually.
@@samsawesomeminecraft my guy... I wish I had your self confidence
@@patrickfeng5066 I highly reccomend KSP for helping understand these physics intuitively.
@@samsawesomeminecraft no fucking way u just told me to play a videogame to better understand rocket science
We have polluted our oceans and now we're polluting space, signature human move.
Space is just the beginning...
CREEPER.... AWWW MAN!!!!
So we back in the mine
🏴
and the Covenant is our enemy
@@nathanberning7999 got our pickaxe swinging from side to side side side to side
why don't we develop a space junk catcher, catch it store it in a more organized way?
If you need some adventure in it, then there are the anti-satellite weapon of Russia. It worked, but it’s dangerous
First time I hear someone say Gravity was "a good movie" instead of "an utter unscientifical, badly conceived and poorly executed, pile of shit" that I heard from a number of people, some of those reputable.
Well there’s a difference between making a scientifically accurate portrayal of a fictional event VS. making a film that is enjoyable to watch.
Although, how good a film is depends on personal preference 🤷
are u a 20th century boy
A good movie can be scientifically inaccurate
@@singularityraptor4022 "could" ...once.
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Thanks, that was really depressing for me.
Don't worry. This piece is mostly bullshit.
Bro come on , you're saying this like you have a flight for space booked tomorow.
@@someguy1883 it's booked for August 3rd
Lol this is bs, John literally sounded like a kid in discord talking shit bout something he doesn’t understand lol.
Space is so fascinating to me, I really want to explore teraforming when I go to uni so I hope it won't be sealed off
@Cactuss Aah yes lets encourage people to get jobs they dont like
Have you tried making your own mini biomes in fish tanks or even in an aquaponics greenhouse? Great way to learn a ton!
@Cactuss that ain't a degree, I'm doing plant sciences and genetics
@@izem.imrane absolutely I agree, and that's mostly where I want to work snd end up, but it would be a shame if space was locked off and the possibility was closed to us
@@justinbullock6042 that's a brilliant idea thanks!!!
Woah I think I'm gonna use this as a source for my essay this was cooool
First satelite: Russia
First animal in space: Russia
First man in space: Russia
First man on moon: USA
USA won space race
The USSR also beat the US to unmanned flyby, orbit, crash landing, and soft landing on the moon, Mars, and Venus. The US STILL hasn't landed on Venus. That said, a manned moon landing was harder than any of those other things. In terms of a race I'd say they were kicking our ass the whole way until they tripped and fell so we beat them to the finish line.
@@danieljensen2626 not any harder than any other, US just having a big propaganda advantage
@@danieljensen2626 But there is no finish line. China has landed the first craft to the dark side of the moon. Maybe China or USA might the first to put a human on Mars. Someone else might send a human to a moon of Jupiter one day.
It's like the internet, it started off a government thing and now the billionaires can profit from space travel
Dumbest comment out here ^
Was waiting to bring up space force in this video and how it fits in all this…
Johnny is back talking about Borders!
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So you described Kessler syndrome but never named it. why?
Because he doesn't really understand the topic.
Because a general audience is too stupid for technical/academic terminology :/
@@MrNicoJac isn't the point of of these videos to educate and inform the general audience.
@@Magistratiss
Well, I'd say so, yeah.
But looking at what the algorithm promotes and suppressed, clearly a sort of popular science is favored over true reality.
Hence the :/
Love your work! Ever consider doing a deep dive Into the following subjects; Central Banking System, The Vatican, Federal Reserve, and Freemasons?
This guy gets it
This is amazing! Will we be seeing more of the Iceland series though?
Thank you for throwing more light on this
That Collide was the best thing I’ve seen for a long time ☄️☄️☄️😂😂😂
I am sure you did a lot of research about this issue. But you forgot to mention there are five fundamental regulations in international space law called corpus iuris spatialis. Registration and Liability Convention are two regulations in international space law that regulate this issue. For private entities, even though there are no regulation that regulate private entities for their activities in space but international law distinguishes direct and indirect state responsibilities. And all space activities, including private entities shall be recognised and registered by the government agencies to UN.
. . . and enforcement falls into whose hands?
@@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 there is no such thing like enforcement in international law
Love your stuff Johnny but this is a gross oversimplification of what is happening here. There are actually a lot of measures being taken to mitigate this. It's a problem yes but we need to mention deorbiting. China's space program though, that is concerning
Especially considering it's run by the PLA, it's not a civilian agency like NASA
the rest of his stuff is trash too, i mean the guy made a video that was a point for point, uncritical parroting of davos propaganda...
@@prachetmakwana6011 Ever heard of the Wolf Amendment ? Nasa's overlooked by the FBI on some tasks
Yo Jonny, a documentary about the late UFO phenomenon?? That would be very Interesting bro
The vast size of the earth is being gravely misrepresented. We get it, you don't like musk.
If you think this is about hating on rich people like Musk, or that Kessler syndrome isn't a threat, you've missed the point. And I think you've written "Earth" instead of "Space" as being vast in size
@@fortuna19 my point is we could have a million f150 sized satellites in earth’s orbit and it would barely be a blip. LEO is so empty that this is simply a bad augment.
Time for a new job: SPACE JANITOR
You should watch the 2006 anime Planetes
@@guilhermelousao exactly what I came to the comments to say haha. Incredible anime
Would have been nice to have had a scientist's perspective on this that has expertise in this area. Hard to imagine that this problem hasn't been anticipated but maybe you are right.