[Interview] Dealing With Space Junk

Dealing with space debris is an increasingly important aspect of spaceflight. Can we take it under control? What technical challenges will we need to overcome? What will it mean for the future of space infrastructure? Answering all these questions with Alex Godfrey from Astroscale. 👉 More about Astroscale ELSA-m: https://www.universetoday.com/162029/a-new-mission-will-grab-dead-satellites-and-push-them-into-the-atmosphere-to-burn-up/ 👉 More about Astroscale: https://astroscale.com/ https://twitter.com/astroscale_HQ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:19 How bad is space debris problem 07:39 Different orbits. Different treatment 11:21 Potential solutions 15:33 Technical challenges 20:45 ELSA-d and ELSA-m 23:38 How big is the potential market 26:10 Junk cleanup as part of space infrastructure 34:03 Future of space in 30-40 years 37:00 Regulating orbits 📺 VIDEO VERSION #TODO_LINK 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)