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Hickenlooper Bill to Clear Space Junk, Protect Space Exploration, Passes Senate Unanimously
December 23, 2022
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper applauded Senate passage of his Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act, a bipartisan bill to establish a first-of-its-kind demonstration program to reduce the amount of space junk in orbit. The bill passed the Senate unanimously.

"From satellite communications to rockets carrying humans into deep space, space debris is a massive threat to space . . .

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