
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Well no, not really, but for a few days that was the concern as the world awaited the uncontrolled re-entry of China's Long March rocket. While ultimately it landed harmlessly in the Indian Ocean it didn't stop our imaginations from running wild, so we thought we'd take a look at the growing problem of space junk, the laws governing space exploration, and how the growing commercialization of space will create challenges for both.
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Well no, not really, but for a few days that was the concern as the world awaited the uncontrolled re-entry of China's Long March rocket. While ultimately it landed harmlessly in the Indian Ocean it didn't stop our imaginations from running wild, so we thought we'd take a look at the growing problem of space junk, the laws governing space exploration, and how the growing commercialization of space will create challenges for both.