Cleaning up space junk

Space is getting messy. How do you clean it up? There are tens of thousands of pieces of hazardous space debris in orbit. And countries are looking at different technologies to clean it up – to prevent a real life ‘Gravity’-like situation. Guest: Michel Doyon, Deputy Director of Space at Global Affairs Canada

An episode of the The West Block podcast, hosted by Global News / Curiouscast, titled "Cleaning up space junk" was published on January 17, 2020 and runs 10 minutes.

January 17, 2020 ·10m · The West Block

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Space is getting messy. How do you clean it up? There are tens of thousands of pieces of hazardous space debris in orbit. And countries are looking at different technologies to clean it up – to prevent a real life ‘Gravity’-like situation. Guest: Michel Doyon, Deputy Director of Space at Global Affairs Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Space is getting messy. How do you clean it up? There are tens of thousands of pieces of hazardous space debris in orbit. And countries are looking at different technologies to clean it up – to prevent a real life ‘Gravity’-like situation. Guest: Michel Doyon, Deputy Director of Space at Global Affairs Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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