OpinionJuly 11, 2024
A New, Deadly Era of Space Junk Is Dawning, and No One Is Ready
A Saskatchewan farmer’s near miss with potentially lethal debris falling from orbit highlights the skyrocketing risks and murky politics of space junk
Stories by Samantha Lawler
Samantha Lawler is an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada, where she researches orbital dynamics and teaches. She lives on a farm, raising goats and cherishing the huge prairie sky.