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Satellites and Space Stations Beware—Nukes in Space Could Threaten the Skies
Scientific American· 3 days agoRachel Feltman: This is probably going to blow your mind, but guess what: it’s a bad idea to set off a nuclear bomb in space. The United States Department of Defense has sounded ...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 4 days agoOnce the mission is over, satellites are left up in space until they fall out of orbit or can be cleaned up, and today one retired satellite is scheduled to come crashing ...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 4 days agoThe Infra-Red Calibration Balloon (S73-7) satellite was part of the United States Air Force’s Space Test Program. After launching on April 10, 1974, a large reconnaissance ...
‘Flying’ Spiders Are No Big Deal, and Starlink Satellites Are Not So Great for the Ozone Layer
Scientific American· 5 days agoThis story starts just under 40 years ago, when scientists realized there was a big ol’ hole in the...
