Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...
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Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
FILE - Debris from the space shuttle Columbia streaks across the Texas sky as seen from Dallas on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003. AP Photo/Jason Hutchinson/file There are probably about 50,000 pieces of ...
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Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Ensuring aviation safety in context of a potential space junk strike was not taken into consideration until the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster, in which the spacecraft broke apart while re ...