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Subject 'A terrible, terrible thing': NASA said India's satellite destruction created so much space junk it now threatens the safety of the Int

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Original Message NASA is calling India's destruction of a satellite last week a "terrible, terrible thing" and says the space debris created by the explosion should be considered a threat to the International Space Station and the astronauts on board.

India intentionally destroyed one of its satellites with a missile last week, a move Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed as one that established India "as a space power."

But NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told employees on Monday that it posed an "unacceptable" threat to astronauts on board the ISS.

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