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May 20, 2014

Pentagon plans multi-billion dollar project to combat space junk
Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 20, 2014
Later this month the US Pentagon plans to award a massive contract to one of the two most influential American contractors for a project that, if all goes according to plan, will be able to identify space debris before it becomes a threat to the Earth. Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. are competing for the $6 billion contract to design and construct Space Fence, a radar system that will eventually be able to track large bodies of space matter. The plan is being put into place so that the gov ... read more

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