New Delhi, March 10 -- Humanity's drive to conquer space is undeniable. Recently, Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship exploded 10 minutes into the latest flight test. The 'failure', however, did not sway him from his project to 'colonise' Mars - a plan that has been widely talked about ever since US President Donald Trump's DOGE major-domo announced it in September 2024.

But at what cost? Are human beings pushing the boundaries of what's possible?

Amid the already rising levels of pollution that plague regions across the world, scientists have now found out another pollutant - space debris - that threatens Earth's Stratosphere, the atmospheric region that holds our planet's fragile, protective ozone layer.

LiveMint takes a deep dive into why t...