Ep. 672: Space Debris Removal
Astronomy Cast
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How to Minimize Space Junk
We have defunct satellites that are just hanging out, being dead and unsterable. And then unfortunately, there's also the debris that either came from missions that self-destructed on deployment or were quite purposefully split apart by various nations. So how do we minimize? I guess what part of a spacecraft of a launch generates space junk? It all depends, but we currently have as forms a space junk.
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