Sptlight on space debris

[Whitters]

At closing speeds reaching 50 thousand kilometres per hour, even the smallest bits of space debris can cause serious harm to spacecraft; larger ones cause catastrophe. Near-Earth missions, like the International Space Station, now carry ever-more sophisticated shielding. Not only is space debris a hot topic, it is also a fascinating — and growing — field of space science.

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http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMHDJXJD1E_FeatureWeek_0.html