Space Trash Technology WEB
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- Space Trash Technology WEB
- January 24, 2023
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Space Trash Technology (TV R) HEADLINE: Space Environmentalist Uses Technology to Raise Awareness of Space Trash TEASER: People can watch space trash nearly collide in real time on website PUBLISHED AT: 01/24/2023 at 9: 45am BYLINE: Deana Mitchell CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Austin, Texas VIDEOGRAPHER: Deana Mitchell PRODUCER: Deana Mitchell SCRIPT EDITORS: Quinn, Reifenratrh VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, NASA, AP, AFP PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO _X_ TRT: 2:21 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [[A so-called space environmentalist is working to make the public more aware about space debris by tracking its movement in real time on a website. He says we need to think about space as an ecosystem. Deana Mitchell has the story.]] ((NARRATOR)) ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) Looking at the night sky, you won’t see thousands of pieces of trash, but it’s there. Moriba Jah says we are polluting Earth’s orbit with old satellites and other retired debris, just like we pollute the land, air and ocean. ((Moriba Jah, Space Environmentalist)) “It's bad news, and basically when things collide in major collisions, two objects become tens of thousands of smaller pieces that then become hazardous to other satellites providing services and capabilities that we depend upon.” ((NARRATOR)) Jah is an astrodynamicist who studies the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space. ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) He’s among a chorus of people who say space trash is a growing problem. He takes a unique position, that space trash is an ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) environmental issue. ((Moriba Jah, Space Environmentalist)) “I just felt very passionately about it, and it made sense to me. I felt this inner calling.” ((NARRATOR)) Jah was born in San Francisco, California ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) but grew up in Venezuela. ((Mandatory CG: NASA)) He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he began to think about space. He started studying debris in Earth’s orbit in 2006. [[For Radio Only: Here’s Jah speaking to the Macarthur Foundation]] ((Moriba Jah, Space Environmentalist ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) “The orbital highways are getting crowded and the services and capabilities that we depend upon are in jeopardy of being lost to collisions from orbiting space debris.” ((NARRATOR)) ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) Jah created “Wayfinder,” a database that analyzes multiple sources of information about objects in space and visualizes what’s in orbit in real time. It is currently tracking about 30,000 objects in Earth’s orbit. Just 4,000 are functioning. ((NARRATOR)) ((Mandatory CG: Zoom)) John Crassidis has known Jah for years. He works with NASA, the U.S. Air Force and other agencies also tracking space debris. ((John Crassidis, SUNY Distinguished Professor)) ((Mandatory CG: Zoom)) "The data's all right there. You can’t escape the data. The more the more you put up there, the more near collisions that you have. The space station done already over 25 maneuvers because of large debris.” ((NARRATOR)) Although United Nations guidelines urge countries against creating more space junk, Russia, India and China have blown up satellites as weapons tests, creating thousands of more pieces of debris, he said. The US Congress is working on a bipartisan space debris bill. [[For Radio Only: Here’s Jah again]] ((Moriba Jah, Space Environmentalist)) “So, it’s up to every country to kind of be the traffic cop for the people that it authorizes to conduct space activities.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) Jah is hopeful his work will help educate and empower decision makers to take necessary action. ((Deana Mitchell, for VOA News, Austin, Texas))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Space Trash Technology (TV R) HEADLINE: Space Environmentalist Uses Technology to Raise Awareness of Space Trash TEASER: People can watch space trash nearly collide in real time on website PUBLISHED AT: 01/24/2023 at 9: 45am BYLINE: Deana Mitchell CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Austin, Texas VIDEOGRAPHER: Deana Mitchell PRODUCER: Deana Mitchell SCRIPT EDITORS: Quinn, Reifenratrh VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, NASA, AP, AFP PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO _X_ TRT: 2:21 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [[A so-called space environmentalist is working to make the public more aware about space debris by tracking its movement in real time on a website. He says we need to think about space as an ecosystem. Deana Mitchell has the story.]] ((NARRATOR)) ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) Looking at the night sky, you won’t see thousands of pieces of trash, but it’s there. Moriba Jah says we are polluting Earth’s orbit with old satellites and other retired debris, just like we pollute the land, air and ocean. ((Moriba Jah, Space Environmentalist)) “It's bad news, and basically when things collide in major collisions, two objects become tens of thousands of smaller pieces that then become hazardous to other satellites providing services and capabilities that we depend upon.” ((NARRATOR)) Jah is an astrodynamicist who studies the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space. ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) He’s among a chorus of people who say space trash is a growing problem. He takes a unique position, that space trash is an ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) environmental issue. ((Moriba Jah, Space Environmentalist)) “I just felt very passionately about it, and it made sense to me. I felt this inner calling.” ((NARRATOR)) Jah was born in San Francisco, California ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) but grew up in Venezuela. ((Mandatory CG: NASA)) He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he began to think about space. He started studying debris in Earth’s orbit in 2006. [[For Radio Only: Here’s Jah speaking to the Macarthur Foundation]] ((Moriba Jah, Space Environmentalist ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) “The orbital highways are getting crowded and the services and capabilities that we depend upon are in jeopardy of being lost to collisions from orbiting space debris.” ((NARRATOR)) ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) Jah created “Wayfinder,” a database that analyzes multiple sources of information about objects in space and visualizes what’s in orbit in real time. It is currently tracking about 30,000 objects in Earth’s orbit. Just 4,000 are functioning. ((NARRATOR)) ((Mandatory CG: Zoom)) John Crassidis has known Jah for years. He works with NASA, the U.S. Air Force and other agencies also tracking space debris. ((John Crassidis, SUNY Distinguished Professor)) ((Mandatory CG: Zoom)) "The data's all right there. You can’t escape the data. The more the more you put up there, the more near collisions that you have. The space station done already over 25 maneuvers because of large debris.” ((NARRATOR)) Although United Nations guidelines urge countries against creating more space junk, Russia, India and China have blown up satellites as weapons tests, creating thousands of more pieces of debris, he said. The US Congress is working on a bipartisan space debris bill. [[For Radio Only: Here’s Jah again]] ((Moriba Jah, Space Environmentalist)) “So, it’s up to every country to kind of be the traffic cop for the people that it authorizes to conduct space activities.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory CG: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)) Jah is hopeful his work will help educate and empower decision makers to take necessary action. ((Deana Mitchell, for VOA News, Austin, Texas))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date January 24, 2023 09:51 EST
- Byline Deana Mitchell
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America