Space: The Earth's dustbin?

Published October 27, 2020

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John L. Crassidis, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, appeared on WION, an English language news outlet based in India.

Crassidis discussed SpaceX and its Starlink program, which calls for launching nearly 12,000 small satellites into space to provide internet service to remote areas.

“We’ll see what the consequences are, if there’s issues with it, and if collisions do happen, then we might have to rethink this whole process,” he said.

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