Weekly Space Hangout - How We Can Clean Up Earth’s Space Debris with Dr. Jake Abbott

<p class="p1"><a href= "https://youtu.be/BX-SICfFvB8">https://youtu.be/BX-SICfFvB8</a></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Host:</strong> Fraser Cain ( <a href="https://twitter.com/fcain">@fcain</a> )</span><span class= "s2"><br /></span><span class="s1"><strong>Special Guest:</strong></span> This week we are excited to welcome <strong>Dr. Jake Abbott</strong>, director of the Telerobotics Laboratory at the University of Utah to the WSH. The proliferation of Space Debris has become an increasingly alarming reality. In fact, as recently as December 3, 2021, "The International Space Station (ISS) had to swerve away from a fragment of a U.S. launch vehicle" (source:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFZjekwwSGZwU25MVC1VUm1taFkxNjNVeEpqd3xBQ3Jtc0ttOW9LemtKRktndmtuSENFVjRyVzFEQm91RllhWEtiZmVETzdPUTZkN0NTWW0walU1bk4tT2FVUlEwWlBIQjM2Mm9aU3d5RVk0Z3dDQ0c1Tmo4NVJFa0EwQmpRTmdUQkgtQjRHMXJmVXEzYnJZQnJhNA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Flifestyle%2Fscience%2Finternational-space-station-swerves-dodge-space-junk-2021-12-03%2F"> https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sci...</a>). In a paper published in November 2021 in the science journal Nature , Jake and his research team have proposed a new method of dealing with the debris: using a series of spinning magnets to move these objects. You can read more about their proposed solution here <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblZNWUo1SWxpMGY2ZWVhckZveVVPMzkxRHBwUXxBQ3Jtc0tsVlFVb1BkZ0FaWW5aaGVqLUVYMmM0R1BKMEQydTBWRVVYdWVuaHN4Y1YxMWZJY0lHSmlDSVJkQjlxa2tmQTJsaGY1N2Z6QVBEQW9TYUtCUVVMRWtlejRwZkF5aV9iTVo1NUItRHBMZTZkZEN2ZTFCZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fattheu.utah.edu%2Ffacultystaff%2Fwaste-of-space%2F"> https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/...</a>.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Jake Abbott is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Computing at the University of Utah, and he is the d