Hunks of space hardware are falling to Earth despite the expectation they should've safely burned up, leading to close calls like a piece of the International Space Station crashing through a Florida home.
Experts emphasize the urgent need to better understand the process of orbital debris to adapt to new materials and operational approaches in spaceflight.
Government agencies acknowledge the space junk issue, especially as commercial companies like SpaceX contribute to the clutter, raising concerns about deorbiting techniques for both government and private space debris.
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