Today, more than 33,000 tracked objects circle Earth at about 28,000 km/h. These are just the objects that can be seen. At that speed, even a paint flake can cause damage, as seen on the International Space Station. When smaller fragments are included in the count, it rises to tens or hundreds of millions of… The post The space junk problem threatening future missions appeared first on Research & Development World.
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