Answer to Dictation 1
A growing problem of space debris to the extent that it could pose a danger.
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Answer to Dictation 2
Earlier this week an enormous metal ring crashed into the Kenyan village.
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Answer to Dictation 3
It had the potential to cause significant loss of life and damage to property.
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Answer to Dictation 4
The hunk of metal was probably the separation ring from a recently launched rocket.
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Answer to Dictation 5
Our experts will analyze the object and keep the public informed of the outcome.
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Answer to Dictation 6
There has been a heating up of the space race in the past decade.
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Answer to Dictation 7
Satellites are now orbiting Earth and probing deep space.
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Answer to Dictation 8
Blue Origin has sent dozens of rockets into low Earth orbit.
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Answer to Dictation 9
This includes over 170 million pieces of space junk that are wider than one millimetre.
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Answer to Dictation 10
Most of these harmlessly burn up upon re-entry into our atmosphere.
See the space debris lesson for the whole text.
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