Point Nemo, the most remote place on the planet in the Pacific Ocean used by NASA and the International Space Station.
If something continues to amaze earth and space are its corners and mysterious phenomena. Some of them ignite the flame of curiosity, as in the case of Nemo point, the most remote place on the planet whose use has been considered since POT.
Point Nemo is known to be the most inaccessible place on planet Earth. So much so that he lies 2,688 kilometers from the nearest land areaas indicated by National ocean service.
Where is Point Nemo?
That curious place, which takes its name from Jules Verne’s famous submarine voyagehow could it be otherwise, it lies in the Pacific Ocean. For those precision freaks, its coordinates match 48 ° 52.6′S 123 ° 23.6′W.
The precise location of “Point Nemo”.
It is a piece of land with miles and miles of water all around. And the closest place to Point Nemo is the island of duciawhich is part of the Pitcairn Islands to the north.
Northwest is Motu Nuione of easter islandswhile the Maher Islandpart of Antarctica, it lies south of this point.
Space Cemetery and NASA
One of the peculiarities of the place is that being a remote site, it has been used by several world space agencies.
But the question that many are asking has to do with the function of such an inaccessible point. The answer could be simplified with a simple expression: a space cemetery. The goal is precisely dispose of materials, fragments of satellites or spacecraftamong other things.
Astronaut Scott Kelly aboard the International Space Station on February 29, 2016: photo by NASA
The loneliest place on the planet, nearly 2,700km from the mainland, in every direction.
In fact the POT already made a decision on International Space Station for the year 2031: crash directly into Point Nemo in a controlled manner, reported in Interesting engineering.
It happens that for that year the entry of the International Space Station into the atmosphere is about to do some of its pieces come loose and remain like space junk.
What is the International Space Station
The International Space Station (EEI or ISS in English from the International Space Station) is a modular space station located in low earth orbit, which was launched in November 20, 1998.
It is a multinational collaboration project between the five agencies participating spaces: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe) and CSA / ASC (Canada).
Its administration, management and development are established through treaties and intergovernmental agreements.
Axiom Space is the first private mission to the ISS.
Its goal is to function as a kind of microgravity research laboratory permanently inhabited, where studies take place astrobiology, astronomy, meteorology, physics and many other fields.
The ISS is also capable of testing the systems and equipment needed to carry out long-duration space flights, such as missions to the Moon and Mars.
Source: Clarin
