Space Debris
topic on 2 shows · 8 statements across 3 episodes
8 statements about Space Debris, every show
Elder: A 4-square-kilometer orbital data center would sustain hourly debris strikes
“If you scale that up to a single floating thing that's four kilometers, four square kilometers large, you can basically expect to have a piece of space debris hitting that you know, data center every hour.”
Jah: Earth orbit contained 1,200 working satellites and 26,000 debris pieces in 2006
“At that time in 2006, there were only 1200 working satellites and 26,000 pieces of garbage.”
Jah: 96% of objects launched into space become non-functional garbage
“96% of the stuff that we put in space to turn out To be garbage.”
Fielding: Ground radar misses over one million centimeter-sized space debris pieces
“So we're talking about over a million pieces of debris that are smaller than a centimeter. But the only thing we can really see from ground-based radar is stuff that's bigger than the size of a softball.”
Fielding: Space insurance policy riders routinely exclude space debris damage
“Many insurance policies in space on the riders exclude space debris from a covered loss.”
Fielding: Humanity has turned Earth's orbit into a giant ball of trash
“We've made a giant ball of trash.”
Wozniak: Privateer will focus on space data, not debris removal
“We're not going to go up and try to gather things, you know, and bring them down. Some people are trying that. We just want to make the information available so people could do it if they want to.”