A farmer in Canada recently found fallen space debris in one of his fields, sparking more concerns over space exploration.
Barry Sawchuk, a farmer in a rural town in Saskatchewan, was surprised to find a piece of space debris in one of his fields. Sawchuk says that he thought it was just garbage at first, but after spotting multiple layers of composite fibers and webbing, he began to suspect it might be fallen space debris. Sawchuk told CBC that he and his son were out checking the fields when they came across the object.
Back in March, a piece of space trash from the ISS crashed through a Florida man’s roof, re-sparking old concerns about how we deal with space trash as a whole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJWUxUIU6nc Each year, as companies like SpaceX launch more and more spacecraft into low-earth orbit, the area around our planet is becoming more and more crowded.
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