Space junk piles up into threat to future launches

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Space junk piles up into threat to future launches [1]

A burgeoning blizzard of space debris is going to have a major impact on the future economics of space flight.

Publication Date:

31/10/2009

Author(s): Paul Marks [2]

Source: New Scientist [3]

Vol:

204

Issue:

2732

pp:

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