<p>Over decades of space exploration, thousands of rockets have launched, resulting in a sea of debris circling the Earth.&nbsp;It's estimated that there are 30,000 objects over 10 cm, 500,000 marble-sized debris, and 100 million smaller than that.</p><br><p>Episode host <a href="https://www.annaploszajski.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anna Ploszajski</a> bravely goes into the unknown, in conversation with:</p><p><a href="https://astroscale.com/about-astroscale/team/#teamimage-1-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mike Lindsay</a>, Chief Technology Operator at Astroscale, a start-up seeking to make space more sustainable by pioneering clean-up tech.</p><p><a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5wzjd6/professor-hugh-lewis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hugh Lewis</a>, Professor of Astronautics at the University of Southampton.</p><br><p>New episodes - conversations about how to rebuild the world better - every other Friday.</p><p>Find podcast transcripts on our <a href="https://qeprize.org/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><p>Follow @QEPrize on <a href="https://twitter.com/QEPrize" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/qeprize" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/qeprize/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a> for more.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>