<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:54:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/spacejunk/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[5 minute freewrite 2915 prompt space, man]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my post for #freewriters 2915 prompt space, man hosted by @mariannewest The above photo is not mine, I got it from Our town has two boat ramps on the Indian River, and any time they have an event]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@myjob/5-minute-freewrite-2915-prompt-space-man</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@myjob/5-minute-freewrite-2915-prompt-space-man</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[myjob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 23:35:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VtzgHUPEX7TYdiAGbHxUqYjkZLoe4r5Uz8gbU3wWHFn7EGgqXbvmWM2pww4SHeeATRT6AszwEHJibLWkdkikw9t2FGrbz4eU9pGs2jLkDTrqt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large Space Stations At Risk From Space Junk]]></title><description><![CDATA[During my work on the Space Station Chronicles it showed gravity space stations and large space stations could be built reasonable quickly. However . . . Keeping safe from space junk and other satellites]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184724/@kiwithinker/large-space-stations-at-risk-from-space-junk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184724/@kiwithinker/large-space-stations-at-risk-from-space-junk</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184724]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:01:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC98XurcymjZMWVvzCkcw1cix1BYSaHpg8WS3WUZw4oPy3ZmHSQ8AhEZ5WyeGyikkK98Kw5MGi16WsV9Sywk7GDBhZZgcEXBHDEQE73HkA6zi7wq7K7Kqp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newslink: Meet OSCaR: Tiny Cubesat Would Clean Up Space Junk]]></title><description><![CDATA[A little spacecraft could soon make a big contribution in the fight against space junk. Researchers are developing a cleanup cubesat called OSCaR (Obsolete Spacecraft Capture and Removal), which would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@zathras/newslink-meet-oscar-tiny-cubesat-would-clean-up-space-junk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@zathras/newslink-meet-oscar-tiny-cubesat-would-clean-up-space-junk</guid><category><![CDATA[newslink]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zathras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 17:55:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqhvFxe5gsRnxrUXVByJKyZPx4LemqCnM6hh2EVsdCB9TkKPUmM1hVy5WnBTFgJqC4oaZRCvrp1PFZMupJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newslink: A Communications Satellite Just Died in Orbit. 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Late on April 7, the Intelsat 29e]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@zathras/newslink-a-communications-satellite-just-died-in-orbit-it-s-potentially-dangerous-space-junk-now</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@zathras/newslink-a-communications-satellite-just-died-in-orbit-it-s-potentially-dangerous-space-junk-now</guid><category><![CDATA[newslink]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zathras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2019 21:53:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqhvFxe5gsRnxrUXVByJKyZPx4LemqCnM6hh2RYLFhNoDXCCbm3gsJBDk54oDrF14ipQjzEvadnfXXbXw4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newslink: Changing How We Build Satellites Could Do More Than Reduce Space Junk]]></title><description><![CDATA["Space is for everyone" is a popular saying, but it rarely holds true — partly because space is expensive, and partly because certain countries have decades of a head start and established procedures]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@zathras/newslink-changing-how-we-build-satellites-could-do-more-than-reduce-space-junk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@zathras/newslink-changing-how-we-build-satellites-could-do-more-than-reduce-space-junk</guid><category><![CDATA[newslink]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zathras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 08:41:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQNJuJfdF4jaPUxsScquhDMJmEAAXLSrDNxrjAght4TULyU3nX9hqeQh53MGL6HLGvhubR1QHYA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA's asteroid chaser gets first glimpse of potentially hazardous target]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brightening Bennu brought to you by barnstorming OSIRIS-REx as NASA readies for sample retrieval mission. Source of shared Link]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dlike/@nataboo/nasas-asteroid-chaser-gets-first-glimpse-of-potentially-hazardous-target</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dlike/@nataboo/nasas-asteroid-chaser-gets-first-glimpse-of-potentially-hazardous-target</guid><category><![CDATA[dlike]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nataboo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 10:39:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgtGQM7d4VJoGMA9TDqMbhspgKNkpYh3DHHsytsLcbaVVG3NYFYFD2axbXGjsCE4xYoLJJZknMnDJewwSGcHFSQAxsrGJqZQwT7BKBX7LkURoUjmx36v1H5WkBGXQtdQwG3KhPu5b4cFprWhghz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space Junk: It's Much Worse Than You Think | Answers With Joe]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've put a lot of things in space over the last 60 years. It's time we got some of that down.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spacejunk/@answerswithjoe/space-junk-it-s-much-worse-than-you-think-or-answers-with-joe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spacejunk/@answerswithjoe/space-junk-it-s-much-worse-than-you-think-or-answers-with-joe</guid><category><![CDATA[spacejunk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[answerswithjoe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:10:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newslink: Watch a Satellite Net a Cubesat in Awesome Space Junk Cleanup Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[A satellite in space has fired a net at a target to test active space-junk-cleanup technology, and the video is amazing.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@zathras/newslink-watch-a-satellite-net-a-cubesat-in-awesome-space-junk-cleanup-test</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@zathras/newslink-watch-a-satellite-net-a-cubesat-in-awesome-space-junk-cleanup-test</guid><category><![CDATA[newslink]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zathras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:05:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP9UADpEqiTQpNqkV5VgToPcKgPBLpMg53HV9nMPtEqhVjfqEaWmxqr1z2tekc5UDsKXDDP8LWr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newslink: Europe's Ice-Watching Satellite Dodges Space Junk in Orbit]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Space Agency nudged one of its satellites from its normal orbit this week to avoid a potential collision with space junk, soaring almost 400 feet above the risky object. 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But hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk still circle Earth, and a few of them will crash soon, experts said.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@zathras/newslink-after-tiangong-1-what-are-the-next-big-pieces-of-space-junk-to-crash-to-earth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@zathras/newslink-after-tiangong-1-what-are-the-next-big-pieces-of-space-junk-to-crash-to-earth</guid><category><![CDATA[newslink]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zathras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 23:44:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYv2yPYoRJgDzksAFnku1WK974Yhu2w9jvoGNdpWYaSEER3rJuenmVQd9p5NfFrZASUzXjFroAW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LIFE FOLLOWS ART WITH SPACE JUNK ARMAGEDDON, by Arthur Franklin]]></title><description><![CDATA["Satelltes from the Western Nations are colliding with those from the Russia, whose satellites are going the wrong way. What first seems an accident, then a few isolated incidents, becomes Hell on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spacejunk/@infiniteplane/life-follows-art-with-space-junk-armageddon-by-arthur-franklin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spacejunk/@infiniteplane/life-follows-art-with-space-junk-armageddon-by-arthur-franklin</guid><category><![CDATA[spacejunk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[infiniteplane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 02:32:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYmny4xQFENm7zqJkjjta5xQVnrNDHdxSPZYYnLThJhcr6hMDkSargfBiBApswCmAEhWz7weRQi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duck!]]></title><description><![CDATA[China's space station will fall out of space this week. They lost control of it some time ago, so it's uncertain where it will fall, but it's most likely to be in the ocean. 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