Channel: SciShow Space

Category: Education

Tags: hank greendrag sailastrophysicslightsail2kessler syndromeastronomyspacescishowscishow spacenasalow earth orbitspace junksolar sailsciencehow to clean up after ourselves in spacesatellite

Description: This episode is sponsored by Wren, a website where you calculate your carbon footprint. Sign up to make a monthly contribution to offset your carbon footprint or support rainforest protection projects: wren.co/start/scishowspace We've launched thousands of spacecraft over the years. And as the space junk around our planet builds up, researchers are working on ways to clean things up using some obvious things, like lasers, and some less obvious ones, like solar sails. Hosted By: Hank Green ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow and David Brooks! Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowSpace Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow on TikTok: tiktok.com/@scishow SciShow Tangents Podcast: scishowtangents.org Facebook: facebook.com/scishow Twitter: twitter.com/scishow Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: esa.int/Safety_Security/Space_Debris/Setting_sail_for_sustainable_space esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Ultra-thin_sail_could_speed_journey_to_other_star_systems space.com/light-sail-2-solar-sail-still-flying-planetary-society nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/solarsail/index.html Previous episodes: youtube.com/watch?v=u9I0j_D2oSw youtube.com/watch?v=STo2mV1_FfU Images: gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-space-shuttle-lifts-off-from-the-launch-pad-stock-footage/1304191473 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Debris-GEO1280.jpg orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/photo-gallery commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Earth-observing_Fleet_June_2012.ogv gettyimages.com/detail/video/space-debris-around-planet-earth-stock-footage/1309135881?adppopup=true commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-118_debris_entry.jpg gettyimages.com/detail/video/space-junk-orbiting-earth-stock-footage/488829648?adppopup=true flickr.com/photos/sneak046/16645222450 gettyimages.com/detail/photo/galactic-trash-orbiting-earth-royalty-free-image/1125629273?adppopup=true commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D2%9B%D0%BE%D2%9B%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laser_broom_(artistic).jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleanspace_One_chasser.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Sail_(14914129324).jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IKAROS_solar_sail.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LightSail_2_Deployment_Test.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LightSail_2.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LightSail_2_with_deployed_solar_sail.png commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_sail_tests.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NanoSail-D_in_orbit_(artist_depiction).jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jules_Verne_Automated_Transfer_Vehicle_re-enters_Earth%27s_atmosphere.jpg nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/small_spacecraft/ACS3 nasa.gov/launching-science-and-technology/solar-sail-test-will-study-near-earth-asteroid