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We need to find a way to break through the potentially disastrous stalemate wherever everyone waits for someone else to clear up the junk in orbit.
A crashing piece of space junk could be a a good fortune for researchers, despite falling on Friday the 13th.
Near-Earth orbits are filled with useful satellites, and also flying junk. If we’re not careful they may collide - literally.
Since the birth of space flight in 1957, the number of man-made objects orbiting the Earth has grown every year. There are now more than 15,000 such objects larger than 10cm, at least those that we know…
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Fellow in Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Space Systems Engineering, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Space Physics, Lancaster University
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