BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260724T064045Z UID:508DA173-3F9A-48B4-A615-16EF125A0910 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260729T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260729T203000 DESCRIPTION:Humans have managed to pollute the land\, the seas\, and the at mosphere of our precious planet. We now realize the dangers of such pollut ion and are working hard to reverse\, to the extent possible\, the process es that create such pollution. Another kind of pollution is beginning to e ndanger our well-being as a species. The problem is often referred to as “space junk.” In the seven decades since the advent of space flight in 1957\, we have launched a large number of satellites\, some of which are still functional and provide valuable services in communications\, monitor ing\, observation\, navigation\, and surveillance. The number of such sate llites has been growing steadily and is slated for even greater growth wit h our insatiable need for additional communication bandwidth and proposals for exotic projects such as energy harvesting and space-based data center s. Alongside the functioning satellites\, we also have dead satellites and a host of space trash: Discarded rocket parts\, ballistic missile pieces\ , debris created by explosions or collision between space objects\, droppe d tools\, coolant droplets\, and thermal paint flakes. Until now\, we have managed to deal with such space junk\, given the fairly low density of ob jects and the vastness of space. We are now at a critical stage when detec tion followed by evasive maneuvers to dodge space junk is becoming less fe asible. NASA estimates that by early 2025\, there were more than 25\,000 f airly large objects in Earth's orbit. The number of space junk items may i ncrease exponentially due to collisions between existing items. It is high time that we give serious thought to dealing with trash in space\, as we do on Earth.\n\nSpeaker(s): Behrooz Parhami\, \n\nBldg: Clubhouse \, Enci na Meadows Clubhouse 5719 Encina Rd.\, Between Buildings 5701 and 5739 Enc ina Rd.\, Goleta\, California\, United States\, 93117 LOCATION:Bldg: Clubhouse \, Encina Meadows Clubhouse 5719 Encina Rd.\, Bet ween Buildings 5701 and 5739 Encina Rd.\, Goleta\, California\, United Sta tes\, 93117 ORGANIZER:rfranklin.ieee@gmail.com SEQUENCE:77 SUMMARY:IEEE CENTRAL COAST FREE EVENT – 29 JULY @ 6PM @ Encina Meadows Cl ubhouse - “The Alarming Problem of Trash in Space” - Dr. Behrooz Parha mi UCSB Distinguished Professor Emeritus URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/567808 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Humans have managed to pollute the land\, the seas\, and the atmosphere of our precious planet. We now realize the d angers of such pollution and are working hard to reverse\, to the extent p ossible\, the processes that create such pollution. Another kind of pollut ion is beginning to endanger our well-being as a species. The problem is o ften referred to as &ldquo\;space junk.&rdquo\; In the seven decades since the advent of space flight in 1957\, we have launched a large number of s atellites\, some of which are still functional and provide valuable servic es in communications\, monitoring\, observation\, navigation\, and surveil lance. The number of such satellites has been growing steadily and is slat ed for even greater growth with our insatiable need for additional communi cation bandwidth and proposals for exotic projects such as energy harvesti ng and space-based data centers. Alongside the functioning satellites\, we also have dead satellites and a host of space trash: Discarded rocket par ts\, ballistic missile pieces\, debris created by explosions or collision between space objects\, dropped tools\, coolant droplets\, and thermal pai nt flakes. Until now\, we have managed to deal with such space junk\, give n the fairly low density of objects and the vastness of space. We are now at a critical stage when detection followed by evasive maneuvers to dodge space junk is becoming less feasible. NASA estimates that by early 2025\, there were more than 25\,000 fairly large objects in Earth's orbit. The nu mber of space junk items may increase exponentially due to collisions betw een existing items. It is high time that we give serious thought to dealin g with trash in space\, as we do on Earth.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR