Article 7350R The global graveyard of space debris in the depths of the Pacific

The global graveyard of space debris in the depths of the Pacific

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When space debris enters Earth's atmosphere, some of it ends up at Point Nemo, a remote area of the Pacific Ocean with depths of around 13,000 feet. The World's Carolyn Beeler speaks with Moriba K. Jah, professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, about why we bury under the sea what was once in space.

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