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3. It must be becoming a big problem

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 03:33 PM

Jun 2012

we got a lot of stuff up there now
and we need more and better junk up there
there will need to be companies that salvage this junk

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Goodbye Envisat, or legal issues associated with the threat of a massive space debris [View all] bananas Jun 2012 OP

For something in Earth orbit, that requires a HUGE boost. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2012 #2

That is in fact not how orbital mechanics work. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #4

It must be becoming a big problem ThomThom Jun 2012 #3

The Space Studies Insititute did a study years ago..... LongTomH Jun 2012 #5