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The amount of junk floating in space is getting out of hand and the United States must step up its effort to control orbital trash, experts are saying. The chief of U.S.... More »
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Space.com - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Sweating the Space-Junk Problem |
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A NASA diagram of the thousands of man-made objects, 95 percent of which are junk, orbiting the Earth in both low and geosynchronous orbits. A NASA diagram of the thousands... More »
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FOXNews.com - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Space junk storm will up mission costs: experts |
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By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A growing storm of debris flying around in space is dramatically increasing the risk of orbital crashes, and steps to avoid them will add... More »
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Reuters - Nov. 5, 2009
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| Pentagon eyes crash analysis on 1,300 satellites |
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By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Tuesday it is now tracking 800 maneuverable satellites on a daily basis for possible collisions and... More »
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Reuters - Nov. 5, 2009
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| Sweating the Space-Junk Problem |
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Satellites travel at 18,000 miles per hour, and this type of collision at such speeds could pierce the hull of the Space Shuttle. Following this collision, alarm bells went... More »
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FOXNews.com - Nov. 6, 2009
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| 'Space Crashes To Boom As Debris Soars' |
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Space crashes are becoming increasingly likely as more and more debris is left floating in our orbit, scientists have warned. Defunct satellites, fragments of spacecraft and... More »
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Metro Radio - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Space junk storm will up mission costs: experts |
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LONDON, Nov 5 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - A growing storm of debris flying around in space is dramatically increasing the risk of orbital crashes, and steps to avoid them will... More »
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Bdnews24.com - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Pentagon eyes crash analysis on 1,300 satellites |
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WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - The US military said on Tuesday it is now tracking 800 maneuverable satellites on a daily basis for possible collisions and expects... More »
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Bdnews24.com - Nov. 6, 2009
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| U.S. 'Decades Behind' on Space Debris Threat, Official Says... |
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The amount of junk floating in space is getting out of hand and the United States must step up its effort to control orbital trash, experts are saying. The chief of U.S.... More »
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Yahoo! News - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Space Junk Storm Will Up Mission Costs: Experts |
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A ball of twisted metal, purported to be fallen space junk, is pictured on a farm in southwestern Queensland in this undated handout photograph received March 28, 2008.... More »
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Planet Ark - Nov. 5, 2009
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