Science - Space Junk Poem by Paul Warren

When in space orbit look out for a red conjunction
If you are on the international space station to function
It seems near earth there is a lot of space junk
Put up in orbit and now is just a lot of funk

Once these things has been used and discarded
They travel at speed and astronauts need to be guarded
Don't be a litter bug here on earth is the call
But since 1957 the Sputnik is up there as litter in all

Space isn't a road for spaceships to ride on
You now have to worry about the Kessler syndrome or its gone
Now the American Airforce tracks these errant orbiters
For a score of 17,000 as fellow earth orbit travellers

Collisions in space are more dangerous than on earth
In the end we may have a debris field covering the earth's breath
The Chinese took out one of their old satellites to test the know how
Kessler's equation was correct and there will a collision every 5 years now

So scientists are working hard to find out how to fix this problem
With bits of metal orbiting with the same force of a.44 magnum
We need to think this through or one day we may be trapped
On this planet earth where anything we launch would be zapped.

© Paul Warren Poetry