A Shower From The Sky-High

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This Friday the 18th of January 2019, a Japanese satellite blasted off into space carrying 400 tiny balls whose chemical formula is a closely-guarded secret.  The mission is to deliver the world's first artificial meteor shower. The agency reports that this should be adequate for 20-30 events, as one shower will involve up to 20 stars.

The satellite shall be released at about 500 km above the Earth and will gradually descend to 400 km over the coming year. The target is to deliver the first out-of-this-world show over Hiroshima in the spring of 2020. 
Hiroshima! Does this name ring a bell?

Japan seems to be quite focused “Stocking Up” those secret balls and in this case stocking those quite High Up above our head.
The news was distributed by AFP and picked  up by all major news outlets worldwide. Read Here


For the optimist and the naive, mankind may now have their meteor shower “On Demand” but the reality could not be further off than that. The space above our head will soon be cramped with various weapons of choice loaded by the superior and not so superior powers of the world. When those meteors will shower on us it wont be by our choice but because we failed to “give in” to someone else’s demand.

Space warfare may not be a new phenomenon. The contesting superpowers are thought to have developed weapons that can attack space systems in orbit such as satellite or disable missiles travelling through space. But his small step seems to bring the militarization of the space much closer to the reality.

Wishing Peace & Lasting Life to the "yet to be born"!

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