Our future lies among the stars, and many challenges must be overcome to reach them. One of those challenges is making sure our ships don’t crash into our own garbage littering orbit.
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Credits:
Clearing Space Debris
Episode 427; December 28, 2023
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Graphics:
Fishy Tree
Ken York
LegionTech Studios
Udo Schroeter
Music Courtesy of:
Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stellardrone, “Red Giant”, “Ultra Deep Field”
Sergey Cheremisinov, “Labyrinth”, “Forgotten Stars”
Taras Harkavyi, “Alpha and …”
Miguel Johnson, “So Many Stars”
Chapters
0:00 Intro
3:32 Severity & Detection
11:09 Collection & ADR Spacecraft
14:05 Electrodynamic Tethering
18:59 Laser Broom
22:09 Mitigation & Regulation