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Satellite and Submarine Collisions–History’s Lessons
By historyguy - Last updated: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
This week, we saw two very interesting collisions, both from a
current events standpoint, and from an historical standpoint. First,
a Russian satellite collided with an American satellite in orbit
around the Earth. Both satellites were of course destroyed by the
impact. Back on Earth, it made for an interesting news story, with
the primary public focus on the amount [...]