Currently, more than a hundred million pieces of space debris orbit the earth with a velocity of 25 thousand kilometers an hour. Should these fragments of discarded rockets and satellites collide, the consequences could be catastrophic to terrestrial communication. How can we clean this up, and who is going to do it? Artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde is on a mission to a cleaner space.
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The space waste lab
How will we clean up the millions of pieces of space debris that orbit our planet? In this documentary, artist Daan Roosegaarde presents his radical ideas.