Space Junk: Pollution Beyond the Earth
- ISBN-10
- 0688086780
- ISBN-13
- 9780688086787
- Series
- Space Junk
- Category
- Space debris
- Pages
- 106
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Authors
- Judy Donnelly, Sydelle Kramer
Description
Discusses the miscellaneous junk floating in space, how it got there, what effects it can have, and what can be done about it.
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