What is space junk and why does it pose an increasing risk for Earth? An expert explains
Year after year, humanity is setting new records for the amount of stuff we're sending into the Earth's orbit, spurred mostly ...
Falling Space Junk Threatens Flights
Researchers calculated both the odds of falling rocket debris disrupting air travel, but also colliding with an aircraft ...
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‘Space junk’ will become more of a problem for Earthlings, but a single mission to fetch just 1 craft costs $123 million
Any debris created by damaged satellites measuring larger than 1 cm can pose huge threats to other active, low-orbiting ...
Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...
Risk of falling space junk impacting planes is growing, researchers warn
Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.
Falling space debris could increasingly affect airline traffic, research finds
A new study from researchers at UBC found that the chance of debris entering air space around major cities is as high as 26 per cent each year.
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OMG! Too Much of Space Junk
Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...
Can ocean-floor mining oversights help us regulate space debris and mining on the Moon?
Space belongs to no-one, yet many nations and private entities now plan to lay their claim on its resources. The use of space is poorly regulated by laws or enforceable regulations, which makes ...
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Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
"Now that we have such growth in our use of outer space, a lot of the problems associated with that are coming to bear," said Boley, one of the authors of the paper. FILE - Debris from the space ...