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JUNK CHART
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Rocket boosters points
The fuel required to
thrust a spacecraft into orbit
is carried in rocket boosters.
When the fuel is used up,
the empty rocket boosters
are jettisoned into space.
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Speeding glove points
In 1965, the Gemini 4
astronaut Edward White lost
one of his thermal gloves.
Speeding around Earth’s
orbit, it became the most
dangerous garment in history.
Space walk 100
Caution! Your spacecraft Defunct points
is in urgent need of repair. satellites
Before stepping out, Thousands of satellites have
firmly attach yourself been sent into space. When
to the spacecraft—if they reach the end of their
untethered, you will keep useful lives, most are just
left in their old orbits.
floating off, lost in
space forever.
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Chips of paint points
A tiny speck of paint
can bore a coin-size hole
into a spacecraft. Showers
of space dust can rip away
pieces of insulation, knocking
a spacecraft off course.
SUITED AND BOOTED
You would not survive for
long without a space suit.
Exposed to the vacuum of
space, you would lose
consciousness in about
HOLD FIRE! 15 seconds owing to a lack
of oxygen to the brain. With
no protection from the Sun’s
Fast reactions to avoid a collision are your best
bet for surviving a trip through the floating junk. radiation, your skin would suffer
Don’t try shooting at it or you will just litter your burns and your saliva would start to boil.
way with more pieces to avoid. Game over!
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