Published June 2, 2021
The Guardian quotes John Crassidis, Samuel P. Capen Chair Professor and SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, in a story on a piece of space debris that struck a robotic arm of the International Space Station.
“There’s a lot of stuff out there traveling at over 17, 500 mph and obviously it can do a lot of damage,” said Crassidis. He added, “This one didn’t do any real damage, it went through some insulation and we don’t even know if it hit part of the arm. [But] it’s some pretty scary stuff. The biggest thing we worry about is the astronauts, they’re very exposed out there, and some day it’s going to be a question of when, not if.”
Read the story here. The article was shared on the popular Indonesian website, Kumparan, MSN Ireland, Yahoo! News Canada and elsewhere.
