30. Are there better times than others to go to space, to avoid a meteor shower? *(response: William Readdy) (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

Yes indeed. We avoid launches during meteor showers, like the Perseids and Leonids. We also have the US Air Force check their radars and debris tracking catalogs to make sure that we don't launch into another satellite or known debris, which we call space junk.

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Answer provided by Alan Hale, Ph.D. & Capt. USN (Ret.) William Readdy

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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