Space Debris: The Invisible Threat Orbiting Above Us

WOW! We had Aleksander Lidtke on The Space Curious Podcast! What a great conversation we had

Space Debris: The Invisible Threat Orbiting Above Us

Did you know there are over 30,000 trackable pieces of space debris circling Earth right now — and 100 million more too small to track?

In this episode of the Space Curious Podcast, I sit down with Aleksander Lidtke (Astroscale Holdings) — a space debris expert who did his PhD on collision avoidance and now works on actively removing junk from orbit — to unpack a problem most of us never think about but that quietly touches everything we do.

We cover: What space debris actually is (hint: it's way more than dead satellites)

How a single bolt traveling at 15km/s could destroy a satellite Why space debris might be the "greenhouse gas" of orbit The wild tech being built to clean it up — robotic arms, harpoons, even lasers How this "invisible threat" already affects your GPS, banking, internet, and weather forecasts Whether satellite operators should be legally responsible for their own space junk

Whether you're a space nerd or have never thought twice about what's floating above your head, this conversation will change how you see the sky.

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