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Sarah Basford
It appears we have missed another close call between two satellites – but how close did we really come to a catastrophic event in space?
Well, sort of. This is just about as ‘Straya as it gets. A giant dick and balls has appeared just outside of Geelong in Victoria. It has been carved into a dry lake bed, which is a thoroughly unsurprising place for an unsolicited penis to show up.
Space is full of all sorts of garbage that can cause problems, including some of the stuff we send up there with good intentions. Take CubeSats. These nanosatellites, which weigh roughly 1kg, were first sent into space in December 2006, and have become increasingly popular in the years since as…
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