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‘Humanity would watch helplessly as space junk multiplies uncontrollably’: has the number of satellite launches reached a tipping point?

“Since the start of the space age, we’ve had a throwaway culture – a bit like plastics in the ocean,” says Nick Shave, managing director of Astroscale UK, an in-orbit servicing company headquartered in Japan. Getting a satellite into orbit around the Earth used to be a big deal. From the launch of the first, […]

Point Defiance Slides

Six slides, linked like train cars, going down a 60 foot slope are something to see.  They are even better to slide!  Because the slides go down the slope to the water, they are not visible from the park above and are easily overlooked.     Start at the bottom after walking the waterfront at point […]

Turning point: Aftermath of failed resupply mission to Ayungin – Institute for Maritime and Ocean Affairs

SUMMARY In the coastal town of Rizal in Palawan, under the cover of darkness, four Navy boats prepared to sail. It was June 17, probably past midnight, and they were going on a mission to replace the personnel on board the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal as well as replenish supplies. Jeffrey Facundo, underwater operator of the elite […]