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EPISODE · Jan 17, 2020 · 10 MIN

Cleaning up space junk

from The West Block · host Global News / Curiouscast

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

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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