‘Space Fence’ to Track Cosmic Junk
As the space shuttle program draws to a close, engineers are focusing on a less glamorous phenomenon of the space age: Cosmic junk. The US Air Force is working on a $3.5 billion “Space Fence” scanner to track the estimated 500,000 pieces of space debris bigger than half-an-inch…
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‘Space Fence’ to Track Cosmic Junk
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