NASA Says India\'s Anti-satellite Missile Test Put ISS at Risk

India may have joined a small club of countries capable of military action in space when it successfully destroyed one of its satellites... but it’s the debris field, not the country’s new capabilities that concern NASA.????While India’s anti-satellite test took place 185 miles above Earth, NASA says debris from the test…??...that is roughly 4 inches, large enough to track, traveled above the International Space Station which orbits around 250 miles above Earth.????During a town hall, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine reacted...????SOT NASA??“...That is a terrible, terrible thing to create an event that sends debris in an apogee that goes above the International Space Station.

And that kind of activity is not compatible with the future of human space flight that we need to see have happen.”????Bridenstine said the risk of the ISS colliding with debris shot up 44 percent following India’s test…????...but did stress that the six astronauts on-board are still safe and they will maneuver the station if necessary.

????A former India Defense scientist Ravi Gupta told The Times of India that debris moving upwards will likely slow and fall down, adding…????“Such comments by the NASA head are discriminatory and irresponsible.

It’s more of a propaganda.”????Adding that the U.S. and other countries created thousands of pieces of space debris through tests they’ve conducted over the years.