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International Space Station
Instead of competing to be the first to have a space station roaming above the Earth, countries around the world are banding together to get the International Space Station "off the ground". Six national space agencies as well as fourteen different countries, including the US, Russia, Germany, and Japan are working together on the project.
Don't let history repeat
Humans can colonize space without destroying the sanctity of its beauty, but it will take the cooperation of all humanity. As of now, the major appeal to explore and colonize space is for what it can give us, namely, ores from asteroids and space recreation.
There are others
Don't use a more powerful bulb in your outside light than you need, and tell your friends and neighbors to cut down on their outside light use. Contact the International Dark Sky Association if you want the issue of light pollution dealt with in your area. They will tell you how to help.
Space is not your mother!
Since 1957, when Russia first launched Sputnik I, humans have left over 900,000 pounds of debris scattered across the solar system. Some of it eventually falls to Earth, but most remains out there, ready to attack. It takes only a speck of matter the size of a pea to permanently destroy a space-craft.
The Sky is Falling?
There has been one report since the beginning of the space age (almost 40 years ago) of a person getting hit with space debris. Fortunately, the object was lightweight and only caused minor injury. The largest piece of debris to fall to Earth has so far been NASA's Skylab, which weighed in at 70,000 kilograms.
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