Horizon. The trouble with space junk / produced & directed by David Stewart ; a BBC/Science Channel coproduction.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Stewart, David (Television producer and director), director, producer.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Science Channel (Television network), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space debris.

Astronautics--Accidents.

Astronautics.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 minutes)

Other Title:

Trouble with space junk

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2015.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Space is getting crowded. And it's filling up with junk every time we launch a satellite. But this isn't like Earth-bound debris. It's travelling at speeds of up to 17,000 mph. This makes it extremely dangerous, not just for the astronauts living and working in space but also for modern life on Earth. Because everything we do - from making phone calls, flying planes, taking money out of the bank, to watching television or getting the weather forecast - is all run from vulnerable satellites orbiting the planet. In this film, Horizon finds out about the threat from space junk and joins the scientists searching for ways to clean up the debris.

Participant:

Narrator, Helen McCrory.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed January 28, 2019).

Contains:

In series: Horizon (Television program)

OCLC:

1089741791