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title: Truth about Space Debris
date: 2014-03-08T23:20:05Z
modified: 2025-11-17T23:08:12Z
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author: Paul Garrett Hugel
timestamp: 2025-11-17T23:08:12Z
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[![](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/truth-space-debris.jpg)

](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itdYS9XF4a0)The story of space debris highlighting how the unintended consequences of intense spaceflight activity during the past 60 years has resulted in a growing population of debris objects that pose hazards to safe space navigation.

Credits: Writer/Narrator/Editor: Brian McManus Animator: Mike Ridolfi ([https://www.moboxgraphics.com/](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXJkbjVoeUlwM1pvMXU1X2pnX2pIU2FCUi1IUXxBQ3Jtc0ttLWxhSUUzdDRhNTdCNDZ0bWRncEF5RXkyQUtEeWlackxDWVR2VG1zYXRDNExIRjRUM05MZ295Z1ZVdHFLT2xkRTJhSEM3bW5sV1MzT2tTSUJoWUoweE40XzgzU2p1RjB2QUJKUlNGNXZ3VXF5TllZMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moboxgraphics.com%2F&v=itdYS9XF4a0)) Sound: Graham Haerther ([https://haerther.net/](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1hxYkxWNjdHdmFHWVlPTFF0NlFnR2l2d3pIZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuQllGb2MzVFRWeklBRmc5a0RQSE5uQkNwT3dYY0pNMFdMMUlZN3VuQ3pkZ3E3T2pEQTRVakVQUENaRUl2akZ6LXlIaVhaWUYyRGdPcnBZMXc0clRJSGRJdUhKSUZ5ZENlMlRBWWJ1QjNDcTU0a1Y2VQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fhaerther.net%2F&v=itdYS9XF4a0)) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster 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