DiscoverBig TakeThe Startups Trying to Save Us From Space Junk
The Startups Trying to Save Us From Space Junk

The Startups Trying to Save Us From Space Junk

Update: 2024-05-10
Share

Description

There are more than 100 million pieces of space trash — defunct satellites, rocket parts, dead batteries — all floating around in Earth’s orbit.

That can pose a problem in space, of course, but it’s an even bigger one when these objects re-enter the atmosphere and crash down to Earth.

On today’s episode, host David Gura speaks with Bloomberg’s space reporter Bruce Einhorn about the startups racing to clean up space, and with a Florida homeowner who found out the hard way that this problem isn’t as far away as it seems.


 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comments 
00:00
00:00
1.0x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

The Startups Trying to Save Us From Space Junk

The Startups Trying to Save Us From Space Junk

Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts