ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has demanded a strict international framework on space missions.
In his tweet, Fawad Chaudhry posted that protecting the space was as important as protecting the environment.
Space belongs to every human,its as important as protecting the environment we need strict international framework on space missions. https://t.co/TPgpgbUsEk
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) December 30, 2019
He wrote, “Space belonged to every human, its as important as protecting the environment we need a strict international framework on space missions.”
Chaudhry’s tweet came after the report of Nasa’s Orbital Debris Programme Office (ODPO) that included India in the countries contributing to space junk. How ever, New Delhi’s contribution in that space junk is much less than the top three polluters: Russia, the US, and China.
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Chaudhry earlier tweeted about it and blamed India for most of the Junk, in his post earlier, He wrote, “India is becoming a huge source of space debris, irresponsible space missions of India are dangerous for the whole ecosystem, needs serious notice by international organisations.”
Indian-made space debris, however, is on the rise from 117 pieces in 2018 to 163 in 2019. Space is surrounded by more than 23,000 pieces of debris larger than 10cm (4in).
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