Dr. Kent Montgomery, head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M-Commerce, contemplates news that debris is becoming more of a hazard for space ships and astronauts in orbit around the Earth, and will become more of a problem as time goes on.
Space Junk Becoming More Of A Hazard For Astronauts
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