Space debris

David Wright

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Space debris

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 2007 English Publisher:AIP PublishingJournal:Physics Today, volume 60, pages 35-40 (issn: 0031-9228, eissn: 1945-0699,

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Authors: David Wright;

doi: 10.1063/1.2800252

Space debris

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Controlling the production of debris is crucial to the sustainable use of space. But even without additional launches, let alone antisatellite tests, the amount of debris orbiting Earth will continue to increase far into the future.

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