
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.
Category: Environment | Tags: pollution, space, space junk
About the Author:

Timothy Hurst is the founder and editor of ecopolitology and executive editor of theLiveOAK Media Network. He writes mostly about energy and environmental politics, clean tech and green business -- but has a habit of covering music festivals in the summer. When not reading, writing, or talking about environmental politics to anyone who will listen, Tim likes to ski, hike with his aging lab and get dirty in his Colorado veggie garden.
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