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What Is Space Junk, and What Can Be Done About It?
Artist's depiction of what a concentrated cloud of space debris might look like. Credit: NASA According to the European Space ...
The Washington Post1 年
Space junk is out of control. Here’s why — and what to do about it.
About 25,000 are pieces of obsolete satellites, rocket parts and debris — space junk orbiting out of control and posing a threat to the satellites people need. Nine in 10 useful satellites are ...
BBC8 个月
Space junk: Falling rocket lights up sky in California
Many thought it was a meteor shower or a comet - however experts say it was a piece of space junk re-entering Earth's atmosphere, which had come from a Chinese rocket involved in a recent space ...
朝日新聞社3 天
Company developing laser satellite to clear away space junk
A laser beam in outer space that sends orbiting debris to a fiery end in the Earth's atmosphere may soon be a reality. SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. said it is developing a satellite that can shoot ...