Space Trash: Is It Coming For Us?

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The Earth is surrounded by a halo of trash — defunct satellites, discarded fuel tanks, one of Elon Musk’s Teslas. Listener Ryan wants to know: Does any of it ever fall down to Earth? ELT talks trash with Lottie Williams, the only person known to have been hit by falling space debris, and Ted Muelhaupt, director of the Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Study at The Aerospace Corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.0	Hello every little thing.
1:04.0	My question is about space junk.
1:07.0	I know there's got to be lots of it up there.
1:10.0	And I want to know, do they know where it all is?
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