The huge potential of space for science, exploration and peaceful applications could be jeopardized by debris in Earth orbit, and by an extraterrestrial arms race.
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Field, G., Rees, M. & Spergel, D. Is the space environment at risk?. Nature 336, 725–726 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/336725a0
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