https://freerepublic.com/tag/accu/ en-us Sun, 17 May 2026 19:36:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4379719/posts Nearly half the manmade objects orbiting Earth are chunks of “uncontrollable” space junk — with just three countries fueling the problem and endangering future space travel, a shocking new study found. At least 15,587 of the 33,269 tracked objects circling the planet are discarded debris from space launches — meaning a whopping 47% of the stuff hurtling around the planet is potentially hazardous junk, according to a May report from the engineering supply company Accu. Those objects include at least 2,396 discarded rocket bodies — sometimes hundreds of feet across in length — 12,550 expended launch components which can vary... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4379719/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2026 19:36:29 GMT