The Backstory: Space Junk Falling From the Sky

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of space debris and recalls a historical incident of falling space junk.

We’ve been watching Artemis 2 and its $23 million dollar toilet journey to the dark side of the moon this week, but you have to ask a question. As we launch all these rockets, satellites, and space stations into the sky... what happens if they somehow come falling back to Earth? Well, it did happen almost 50 years ago, and folks around the globe spent a nervous few weeks... looking up. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover... on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Patty Steele

Topics covered

• space exploration
• Artemis program
• space debris
• history
• science

Keywords

• space junk
• Artemis 2
• falling debris
• history
• space exploration

Mentioned in this episode

Products: $23 million dollar toilet

Places: Earth

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