The risks of being hit by a space junk are incredibly low okay and then there's what's looking like it will likely collide actually in earth orbit. Those collisions on orbit create more space junk which will collide with more space junk and all of that but if people are really interested they can go to Celeste track astria graph heavens above c-set or other satellite catalogs you can easily find on google. The sheer number of thousands of dead satellites up there is really apparent just cruising like very expensive ghost ships in the night.
Gaze into the cosmos and wonder at broken satellites, retired rockets and shattered contraptions. Archaeologist Dr. Alice Gorman is a leading expert on orbital debris and chats about what’s up there, how it got there, and how to get it down. Strap in to hear about everything from Sputnik to sports cars, flaming garbage bonking us, alien clutter, collision potential, the most adorable space rubbish, cosmic burials and how one does this type of archeology without boarding a rocket. Also: steaming hot cruise ship gossip.
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