Podcasts Government Federal Drive with Tom Temin There's a lot of space junk out there

There's a lot of space junk out there

Published: Aug. 16, 2022, 12:21 p.m.

b'Everybody\\u2019s heard the term \\u201cspace junk.\\u201d You\\u2019re probably aware there\\u2019s a bunch of it and that it\\u2019s a risk to satellites. The Space Force tracks tens of thousands of pieces of debris every day, but that\\u2019s only the big stuff. There are an estimated 100 million pieces of smaller bits \\u2013 ten centimeters or less \\u2013 that we can\\u2019t see from Earth with current technology. But just because they\\u2019re small doesn\\u2019t mean they\\u2019re not dangerous, Alexis Truitt, program manager at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency, told Federal News Network Deputy Director Jared Serbu.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'