Clean Up Space Junk or Risk Real-Life 'Gravity' Disaster, Lawmakers Say
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 16:00
in Astronomy & Space
While the plot of the hit Hollywood film 'Gravity' is fictional, the United States must bolster efforts to address the alarming amount of space junk, or risk grappling with potentially catastrophic collisions with debris in orbit, lawmakers said today.