Nasa's Kennedy space Center is already seeing the effects of climate change - and may have to abandon some of its launchpads within a decade, it has been claimed. Researchers who have been studying Cape Canaveral's dunes and beach since 2009, say the impacts became most apparent after Hurricane Sandy. They found dunes that protected the launchpads were levelled, fences left teetering and a railroad track regularly topped by waves. Scroll down for video Orion Orion blazed into the morning sky at 7:05 a.m. EST on Friday, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. Now, the area has been revealed to be at risk from climate change.
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Major damage to area was seen after Hurricane Sandy hit
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Launchpad fences  close to collapse and railroad tracks topped by waves
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Rising seas could affect operations with a decade at the launch site
'Sandy got a lot of press up north, but it really did a tremendous amount of damage at @placeholder,' Jaeger said.