A strong warning from the 6th European Conference on Space Debris. The conference, hosted by the European Space Agency, offers scientists an opportunity to gather to assess the state of the problem of junk whirling around in space. What they’re trying to figure out are the odds of a “cascade”
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The Disaffected Lib: Arms Race Update – China’s Anti-Satellite Weapons Tests to Continue
China may soon become the only nation with the hardware to take down high geo-stationary orbiting satellite systems such as GPS. The U.S. is warning that China is preparing for a third anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon test. There is now speculation that orbiting debris from a 2007 Chinese ASAT test may
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