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        "object": "A Commercial Space Race Prompts a Thorny Question: Who Owns the Sky?"
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        "object": "The surge in satellites brings pollution and risks of repeating destructive colonial practices, experts warn. By Bob Berwyn The starry night sky has always anchored humanity’s sense of place in a vast universe. It’s a map guiding travelers, a calendar for migrations and harvests, a wellspring of stories. But a surge of commercial satellite launches into the upper fringes of Earth’s atmosphere threatens the relationship between people and the celestial commons by crowding the night sky and polluting the atmosphere, scientists warn. "
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