The Future of Space

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Sometimes a satellite gets to the end of its mission life and there's no compelling reason to keep it going so they just stop using it even though it might have fuel and battery. To keep a satellite working in orbit requires teams of people and those resources are sometimes needed elsewhere. There could be all kinds of reasons why a satellite just sort of stops being used whether you then say it's junk if technically it could be reused or how you classify it uh in fact it would be really interesting as far as i know no one's ever made a list of satellites which have the capability of being reused well there you go you just inspired someone's. yes please i can't even imagine what the what a

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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