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The launch plume from a test missile, photographed on 10 October 2013 by astronaut Luca Parmitano, diffuses into the middle and upper atmosphere during the first several minutes after launch. As the number of rocket launches increases in the future, rocket engine emissions will increase proportionally. Credit: © European Space Agency/NASA

The Coming Surge of Rocket Emissions

September 24, 2019

| Environmental/Health Concerns, Rockets

The launch plume from a test missile, photographed on 10 October 2013 by astronaut Luca Parmitano, diffuses into the middle and upper atmosphere during the first several minutes after launch. As the number of rocket launches increases in the future, rocket engine emissions will increase proportionally. Credit: © European Space

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How to fight a war in space (and get away with it)

June 26, 2019

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| ASATs, China, Satellites

(3DSculptor/Getty Images) (Getty Images/iStockphoto) By Niall Firth, Published by MIT Technology Review, 26 June 2019 Satellites are so crucial that attacking them could be seen as an act of war. The bad news is, it may have already happened. In March, India became only the fourth country in the world—after