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Dialogue Box 6.1: Satellites, the sun and IT
There's a lot of hardware orbiting our planet, generating ever-increasing space debris. Further afield, the sun is currently in a quiet phase, but is unlikely to stay that way. Rupert and Charles ponder the implications
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There's a lot of hardware orbiting our planet, generating ever-increasing amounts of space debris. Further afield, the sun is currently in a quiet phase, but is unlikely to stay that way. Rupert and Charles ponder the implications for Earth-bound IT managers.