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NASA Navigates the Problem of Space Junk

Posted on January 6, 2016 · It's one of the aerospace industry’s biggest problems and it's multiplying: space junk. Yes, really. Some 500,000 pieces of debris — and growing — are traveling in orbit above us at more than 17,000 miles per hour. We have to maneuver through or around this field of junk in order to get satellites and ships […]

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Minors at the Border and Space Debris: Wednesday’s Show (January 6, 2016)

Posted on January 6, 2016 · Attention turned about a year and a half ago to the Texas/Mexico border, where thousands of unaccompanied minors (many fleeing violence in Central America) sought asylum in the United States. The federal government scrambled to safely house the children while they navigated our immigration courts. Their ranks slowly dissipated as their cases were resolved, but […]

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NASA Navigates the Problem of Space Junk

Houston Matters

Minors at the Border and Space Debris: Wednesday’s Show (January 6, 2016)

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