The growing problem of "Space Junk"
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Channel: Michigan Engineering · 2012 · Science & Technology
U-M Professor Jamie Cutler describes the challenges with controlling and anticipating collisions with space debris, and how that challenge is being tackled in space exploration. The discussion comes as NASA cancels a potential maneuver to move the Space Station after worries that it could collide with space debris. ABOUT THE PROFESSOR: James Cutler (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jwcutler/is an assistant professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department (http://aerospace.engin.umich.edu/) at the University of Michigan. His research interests center on space systems - a multidisciplinary approach to enabling future space capability with particular emphasis on novel, nanosatellite missions. He is developing next generation communication capability and robust space computing infrastructure. He is the director of the Michigan Exploration Laboratory (http://exploration.engin.umich.edu/blog/).
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