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Moon missions and space junk

The race to space is causing serious problems with debris and junk.

2021 was another year of firsts in the ever-expanding industry around space, as we moved towards space tourism as a reality. But what about NASA, and its plans to return to the moon? We hear all about it, and the space agency鈥檚 ambitious plans for not just the moon, but mars; from NASA鈥檚 Carlos Garcia-Galan. We also hear about the increasingly urgent issue of space junk, which is causing serious safety issues in orbit. University of Texas at Austin professor, and chief scientific officer at Privateer, Moriba Jah explains. Plus Katie Miller from Skyrora tells us about the company鈥檚 space tug; a nifty idea to clean up unwanted objects in space.

Presenter Jane Wakefield
Producer Sarah Treanor

(Picture: Earth from space, Credit: Getty Images).

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18 minutes

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Tue 28 Dec 2021 08:32GMT

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  • Tue 28 Dec 2021 08:32GMT

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