At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars

By Marisa Taylor, Published by Reuters, 10 November 2023 Reuters documented at least 600 previously unreported workplace injuries at Musk’s rocket company: crushed limbs, amputations, electrocutions, head and eye wounds and one death. SpaceX employees say they’re paying the price for the billionaire’s push to colonize space at breakneck speed.

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International Space Station dodges orbital debris hours before SpaceX cargo ship’s arrival: report

By Elizabeth Howell, Published by Space.com, 10 November 2023 The debris avoidance maneuver took place on Nov. 10. Update for Nov. 13: In an email to Space.com, a representative from NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate confirmed the debris avoidance maneuver that took place on Nov. 10. "On Nov. 10, the International

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Over the past six years, governments proposed launching over one million satellites, but where will they all go?

By Andrew Falle, Ewan Wright, Published by The Conversation, 7 November 2023 As the number of satellites in orbit increase, so will the possibilities of space debris. There are currently 8,000 satellites in orbit, but hundreds of thousands more are being proposed. In September 2021, Rwanda announced that it was planning

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