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cavuman1

31st May 2021 14:49

ISS Canadarm Damaged by Space Junk

Given the quantity of debris in orbit, I am surprised that this sort of occurrence does not happen more frequently.
ISS v. Space Junk

- Ed

Jhieminga

1st Jun 2021 08:21

"Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."
... which is a good thing in this case!

NineEighteen

1st Jun 2021 09:36

The problem is that near Earth orbit is not so big. A couple of decent sized satellites colliding in NEO could be devastating to the rest, not to mention the ISS and those astronauts/cosmonauts within. :=

0918

Jacob87

1st Jun 2021 11:43

The number of space debris is huge, and it increases every year, so I think we'll soon start to see such news every month.

TURIN

1st Jun 2021 22:35

It's OK. The Scots are on it...

https://www.insider.co.uk/news/scott...20space%20junk.

Jhieminga

10th Nov 2021 14:53

Did the Chinese launch a junk into space?
https://www.space.com/space-station-...-spacex-crew-3
;) I'll get my coat now.

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