Satellites: forging metal and finding cholera
The Naked Scientists Podcast
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The Future of Satellites Is Only Set to Increase
With more and more satellites orbiting our planet, the odds increase dramatically of something hitting one of them. This creates a cloud of debris that then in turn unleashes a chain reaction like a satellite domino effect which can destroy the whole lot of them. We might be somewhere away yet from a cataclysmic chain reaction of satellite destruction like that but it's yet another challenge for us to face as we continue our journey with space.
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