“There are more than 900,000 pieces of space junk passing over our heads every day, including abandoned government satellites,” said Cantwell
. “This bill will jumpstart the technology development needed to remove the most dangerous junk before it knocks out a satellite, crashes into a NASA mission or falls to the ground and hurts someone. We must continue to explore space, and we have to do it safely.”
According to a release from Cantwell, a large piece of space debris crashed onto a Grant County, Washington, farmer’s property in March 2021. The newly proposed program would focus on research, development and other technologies suited for Active Debris Removal missions and also jumpstart a new market for such services.
Washington companies like Starfish Space are pressing for the removal of space debris. Other Washington companies that are campaigning for the removal of space junk include SpaceX, Amazon’s Kuiper Systems and Stoke Space Technologies.For more details on the bill,
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