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Station and we can only track objects that are big or bigger. —— objects that are that big or bigger. there's a lot of stuff that's smaller. even a paint chip coming in the wrong direction at orbital speed, which is 17,500 miles an hour — a paint chip hitting an astronaut doing an astronaut walk, a spacewalk, that could be fatal. so...this is a major problem for the future. well, the first way to fix it is everybody that launches has to be responsible for not putting any space junk up. if we can stop that proliferation, then other than mother nature bringing it down by the gravitational ...

And that's just for starters. i got and that's 'ust for starters. i got to ask you — and that's just for starters. i got to ask you this, _ and that's just for starters. i got to ask you this, because - and that'sjust for starters. i got to ask you this, because given that the advancers in the private sector means in the last three years, we put more satellites up and in the preceding 60 years, i'm just wondering — that's a lot. what are the risks that congestion poses? well, it's real, and it's not only real, it's a problem. because space junk is getting in the way. we have to move the sp...

>> today is hump day. a camel was spotted in philadelphia where it helped itself to a hoagie roll. it turns out it was part of a photo shoot for a back-to-school ad. we got an up-close look at the drones lifeguards are using to spot sharks off the coast of long island. a cylindrical object washed up a few days ago on a remote beach and it might be space junk.

A large chunk of metal that suddenly appeared on an Australian beach is believed to have fallen from an Indian rocket.

Authorities were investigating on Tuesday whether a cylindrical object about the size of a small car that washed up on a remote Australian beach is space junk from a foreign rocket.