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Space waste causes very little damage to space shuttles and the Space Station when they collide.

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False

Step-by-step explanation:

In low Earth orbit (below 2,000 km), orbital debris circles the Earth at speeds of about 7 to 8 km/s. However, the average impact speed of orbital debris with another space object is approximately 10 km/s, and can be up to about 15 km/s, which is more than 10 times the speed of a bullet. - NASA

I would imagine getting hit with waste going more than 10 times the speed of a bullet is going to cause quite a bit of damage.

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