The Threat to Space Travel That No One’s Talking About

Space junk has become an increased danger to spacecraft seeing as there is over 7500 tons of it orbiting the earth as we speak. Space junk can be anything from old satellites, parts of old spacecrafts, and odd nuts and bolts from larger pieces that have broken up over time. Scientists in the European Union have been trying to develop ways to reduce space junk by creating vehicles that can retrieve the junk and force back into the earth’s atmosphere, effectively burning it up upon return.

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