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The King meets representatives from the UK Space Agency to hear about plans to install a new telescope site in Bermuda as part of global efforts to track space debris, supporting international space sustainability. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00This is the sort of damage you're looking at to a spacecraft with just a particle of that size.
00:05So it really shows the downstream impact.
00:08I mean, here are to prevent that from getting worse.
00:10We're trying to work on how to protect people from the stuff that's already up there.
00:14That's what we do.
00:15Is that simulating?
00:17Yes, that was about a third to half orbital speeds, trying to clear up the large objects that are up
00:24there.
00:25What would be a vision?
00:26Yeah, grab them. It's amazing.
00:31Yeah.
00:32We will be in touch, though, for sure.
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