
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
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Timothy Hurst is the editor at Ecopolitology and Earth & Industry as well as the executive editor of the LiveOAK Media Network. He writes mostly about energy and environmental politics, clean tech, infrastructure and green business. 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. Find Tim on Google+.