Attack of the Cosmic Space Junk!
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Window chip in the ISS: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/05/Impact_chip
The extent of space debris: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2013/04/Space_debris_story
Where did all that debris come from? http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/where-did-all-that-space-debris-come-from/
USSTRATCOM space surveillance fact sheet: https://www.stratcom.mil/factsheets/11/Space_Control_and_Space_Surveillance/
This is cool: http://stuffin.space/
Every satellite orbiting Earth, visualized: http://qz.com/296941/interactive-graphic-every-active-satellite-orbiting-earth/
8 weird pieces of space junk: http://www.wired.com/2009/02/spacestuff/
Project West Ford: http://www.wired.com/2013/08/project-west-ford/
STK animation courtesy of Analytical Graphics, Inc.
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