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The New Space Age Triggers Debris in Orbit and Environmental Footprint on Earth

The new era of space exploration has unleashed a record pace of launches in the United States, but also an unprecedented environmental footprint that already leaves sequels on the planet and the Moon, while NASA and the private industry try to mitigate it.The entry The new space age shoots debris into orbit and the environmental footprint on Earth was first published in Digital Process.

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With the New Space Age, Debris Is Fired Into Orbit and the Environmental Footprint on Earth.

MIAMI- The new era of space exploration has unleashed a record pace of launches in the United States, but also an unprecedented environmental footprint that already leaves sequels on the planet and the Moon, while NASA and the private industry try to mitigate it.The impact of the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the lunar surface last August 5 is the clearest example that space missions must take into account what will happen to their …

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