NASA has denounced the fact that the waste caused by the Indian anti-satellite missile puts the International Space Station at risk

India celebrated it as a breakthrough, a demonstration of power. So much so that he has proclaimed "superpower of space". However, the destruction of one of its satellites in Earth orbit with a missile created 400 space debris, generating a additional danger for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), announced Monday the head of NASA.

"You can not follow them all," he said. "We follow objects that are more than 10 centimeters, and there are about 60, each bearing a number and we can continue."

The circulation of debris is a danger that has been described in several Hollywood productions. severity, award-winning film by Alfonso Cuarón, begins the plot with such an accident.

The Indian satellite was destroyed at a relatively low altitude of 300 km, well below the ISS (410 km) and most satellites in orbit.

But 24 of the 60 debris have reached a higher altitude than the ISS under the effect of destruction, according to Jim Bridenstine.

According to studies, the collision risk for the station increased by 44% in 10 days.

(Video: India shot down a satellite with a ballistic missile)

"Performing an act that sends debris to a higher peak than the International Space Station is something terrible, terrible", denounced." This type of activity is incompatible with the future of manned flights. This is unacceptable, "he said.

The US Armed Forces are those who record objects in space to predict the risk of collision not only for the Station, but also for the satellites. The soldiers follow the road to 23,000 objects more than 10 centimeters across the space.

(With information from AFP)