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There is a growing problem of space debris, to the extent that it could a danger to people. Earlier this week, an enormous metal ring into the Kenyan village of Mukuku, 116 km southeast of the capital Nairobi. The mystery object was approximately 2.5 metres wide, and 500 kilograms. It had the potential to significant loss of life and to property. Fortunately, it in a small wood. Kenya's Space Agency said the hunk of metal was probably the separation ring from a recently-launched rocket. An official : "Our experts will the object…and keep the public of the outcome." It said this "an isolated case".

The problem of space debris will bigger as more companies and countries rockets into the heavens. There has a heating up of the space race in the past decade. Many satellites from the USA, China, India and other nations are now Earth and deep space. Commercial companies, such as Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin have dozens of rockets into low-Earth orbit. The European Space Agency that there are currently more than 14,000 tons of debris our planet. This includes over 170 million pieces of space junk that wider than one millimetre. Most of these harmlessly up upon re-entry into our atmosphere.