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Space Is Full of Crap
The European Space Agency has just released images showing all the satellites and human-made debris now orbiting space as a result of 51 years of launching stuff since Sputnik. That's about 6,000 satellites up there—of which only 800 remain operational—plus thousands of other objects from launches and accidents. According to their mindblowing simulations things are getting a lot worse:
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11:40 AM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Jesus Diaz
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Latest by n/a: Space junk is nowhere near as dangerous as it sounds. Since all the junk is orbiting in the same direction (the same as the Earth's rotation, thanks to launch mechanics), and in the same orbit, the relative velocity amongst objects more »
