SpaceX executive says the Starship rocket system could help clean up the 760,000 pieces of space junk in orbit
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Nov 07 2020 at 12:57 PM GMT
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- SpaceX's Starship rocket system could help solve the problem of space junk, according to the company's president and chief operating officer.
- "There's rocket bodies littering the space environment, and dead satellites," said Gwynne Shotwell in an online interview with Time Magazine.
- SpaceX, which was founded by Elon Musk in 2002, believes its Starship rocket could help clear out space debris left in Earth's orbit, according to Shotwell.
- The rocket is designed to hold as many as 100 pa.
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- Published Nov 7, 2020 12:57 PM GMT