Millions of of nuts, bolts, pieces of metal, along with entire spacecraft and satellites from thousands of missions and launches form an orbiting garbage dump around the Earth. From microscopic specks of metal and carbon, to satellites and other large debris, space junk presents a growing hazard to spacecraft, astronauts, and the deployment of satellites in Earth’s orbit.
Timothy Hurst is the founder of ecopolitology and executive editor of LiveOAK Media. He mostly covers energy and environmental politics, clean tech and green business; but has a tendency to cover music festivals in the summer. When not reading, writing, or talking about environmental politics to anyone who will listen, Tim will ski, hike with his aging lab and get dirty in his Colorado veggie garden. Follow Tim on twitter at @ecopolitologist.
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