Comment on Spent Rockets Are Dangerous Space Trash, but They Could Be the Future of Living and Working in Orbit

Spent Rockets Are Dangerous Space Trash, but They Could Be the Future of Living and Working in Orbit

This piece was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In early October, a dead Soviet satellite and the abandoned upper stage of a Chinese rocket narrowly avoided a collision in low Earth orbit. If the objects had crashed, the impact would have blown them to bits and created thousands of new pieces of dangerous space debris.

 

Comment On This Story

Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

More Politics News