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On the show today, we are going to talk about space debris – a problem that’s persisted for years and is only getting bigger and dangerous for the world. After multiple incidents of space debris potentially colliding with the International Space Station last year, a recent incident that has now brought back the attention to this deep threat is from last week. Four spherical metal balls fell from the sky in some villages of Gujarat over the past few days, which as per some experts are most likely the debris of a Chinese rocket or fuel storage tanks of space launch vehicles. US-based astronomer Jonathan McDowell has claimed in a tweet that these metal spheres are likely debris of the Chinese rocket Chang Zheng 3B. He says the debris might have fallen over Gujarat during the re-entry of the rocket. While retired ISRO scientist B S Bhatia has been quoted as saying that these metal balls might be the fuel tanks used in rockets and satellites to store hydrazine, which is a type of liquid fuel. As scientists determine the specific nature of the objects that fell from the sky in Gujarat – whether the debris belonged to a satellite or a fuel tank or some other object – the larger concern is incidents like these pose multiple threats – to the Earth and its inhabitants, to functional satellites and other numerous space objects. With more & more space launches and events like space tourism kicking off, the space above Earth is overcrowded – calling for urgent attention from countries to declutter it.
Guests:
1- T.V. Venkateswaran, Senior. Scientist, Vigyan Prasar
2- Dr. Surendra Pal, Former Senior Advisor, Satellite Navigation Program, ISRO
3- Prajval Shastri, Adjunct Professor, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
Anchor: Teena Jha
Producer: Surender Sharma
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