CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of two intact spacecraft in orbit, shooting out a pair of massive debris clouds and posing a slight risk to the international space station.
"We knew this was going to happen eventually," said Mark Matney, an orbital debris scientist at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
[From Satellites collide; debris poses a risk - The Boston Globe]
Orbital debris scientist. Maybe that's what I should be when I grow up. As long as it doesn't involve messing around with any actual orbits or anything like that. Or debris.
Otherwise, it sounds pretty cool.
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