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ORBITAL DEBRIS UPDATE: Space junk raises risks for Hubble repair mission. ?Space shuttle Atlantis ?

By Glenn Reynolds

ORBITAL DEBRIS UPDATE: Space junk raises risks for Hubble repair mission. “Space shuttle Atlantis is now in a rough orbital neighborhood?a place littered with thousands of pieces of space junk zipping around the Earth at nearly 20,000 mph. There are more pieces of shattered satellites and used-up rockets in this region than astronauts have ever encountered. And the crew must be there for more than a week to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. As soon as the job is complete, the shuttle will scamper to safety.” The risk is still fairly low.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).