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Space Debris

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saskskier
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There's a lot of it....


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Dec 13 2013 12:44PM
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CosmicBrownie
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aka space junk
Dec 13 2013 12:44PM
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slav_slayer
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How do satellites and Space Craft not get shredded by all this shit?
Dec 13 2013 1:02PM
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.Capn.
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The volume they have to orbit is absolutely huge and those dots are wildly not to scale. Glad people are concerned about something at an early stage but it is really not an issue.
Dec 13 2013 1:09PM
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