How to Decontaminate Space Junk

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monica also asked if is there any special decontamination process after things have crash landed on earth like can we get space junk down. Some of spacecraft fuels are quite toxic hydrazine is one of those it's very commonly used fuel tanks. Not that much actually survives down to the surface so not touching these objects is this will hurt your hardly ever be in this situation because they're radioactive or toxic.

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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