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UN space database aimed at easing global tensions is mysteriously down
A United Nations list of every object launched into space, conceived during the cold war as a way to avoid paranoia and conflict, has been unavailable for months due to an unexplained IT problem.
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A United Nations list of every object launched into space, conceived during the cold war as a way to avoid paranoia and conflict, has been unavailable for months due to an unexplained IT problem. “This is not OK,” says Jonathan McDowell at Durham University, UK. “Especially at a time of rising tensions in space, [with] accusations about bad behaviour flying back and forth between various space powers.”
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