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Mike Wehner
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- Space junk is a problem that just won't go away, and it keeps getting worse.
- Debris orbiting Earth makes it difficult for space agencies and companies to launch missions, risking damage to spacecraft and humans in crewed missions.
- SpaceX's Starlink satellite horde is making things even worse, according to Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck.
Space is huge. It's unfathomably large, really. There's just so much room out there you'd never be able to fill it. Unfortunately, the area immediately surrounding our home planet is much less pristine, and it's all our fault.
Scientists have been warning us about the problems that space junk poses for decades, but new rockets carrying fresh satellites are still launching at a breakneck pace. The steady stream of new hardware headed into Earth orbit has led to a pretty serious problem, according to Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck, who told CNN that space junk is starting to affect how space agencies and startups plan and plot their launches.
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Earth is surrounded by garbage, and it just keeps getting worse originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 8 Oct 2020 at 23:12:35 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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