It’s getting awfully crowded up in the low-Earth orbit area

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It’s getting awfully crowded up in the low-Earth orbit area

Recently, astronauts on the ISS had to take shelter after a Russian anti-satellite weapon test created a dangerous cloud of space debris. Naturally, the U.S...

Eric White@FEDERALNEWSCAST

January 3, 2022 4:22 pm

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Recently, astronauts on the ISS had to take shelter after a Russian anti-satellite weapon test created a dangerous cloud of space debris. Naturally, the U.S. government is deeply concerned about the risk posed by space debris. This year’s NDAA even includes a directive to identify efforts to advance alternatives to Hall thrusters. So what’s wrong with Hall thrusters? Well to find out, I spoke to Dr. Natalya Bailey, founder and chief strategy officer of Accion Systems.