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Dodging Space Harpoons
Dodging Space Harpoons
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
May 10, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham dodge space harpoons, discuss whether Mars One will encourage Big Brother in space and report from the Mojave desert on why risk is encouraged at its spaceport. Recorded on location at Astrium, Europe's largest space company, engineer Katherine Bennell and space scientist Ralph Cordey join the Space Boffins to demonstrate how to remove space junk with a flying harpoon. Interview guests include Mars One's Bas Lansdorp, as well as the CEO of the Mojave Air and Space port Stuart Witt, plus David Masten, founder of Masten Space Systems. ... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Released:
May 10, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
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