2022 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Space Pollution

[@jwonderfulsuccess]

Exciting! In 2023 let's please move this to an auditorium with an audience. These Issac asimov debates are globally treasured 🙏

[@N_g_er]

Yum yum nigga

[@snowballeffect7812]

if we stick to the car analogy, it's basically lead to the destruction of our planet and country. there are entire swathes of land paved and dedicated to parking that are barely used. 30k Americans die every year. Unless we're living in our vehicles, we basically barely use them. The solution to the car problem (high-speed public transport) maybe more applicable than it appears on first blush. Having satellites decommission themselves is a start, but having fewer satellites do more science and work should also be considered. We can also accelerate orbital decay be releasing pockets of gas in the path of detritus. If carbon nanotubules can finally be commercialized, scientific instruments can be safely launched and recovered rapidly and allowing for rapid upgrades and decommissioning.

[@dianewallace6064]

Excellent discussion. Thank you all.

[@mrpearson1230]

YES!!! About time! Been waiting on this thankyou! I've seen all other uploaded Isaac Asimov videos since 2010. Got a question though.. Should any of the other previous topics be revisited because as we know science is always changing which of course is a good thing! Not everyone is aware of this fact!

[@livefromplanetearth]

this is a dialogue not a debate 🙏🏾

[@twonumber22]

They should invite a creationist just to make it spicy.

[@snowballeffect7812]

@@twonumber22 I don't see a creationist really having anything against reducing space trash, tbh.

[@mmmghool]

@@snowballeffect7812 “My deity deserves a clean backyard!”

[@snowballeffect7812]

@@mmmghool not sure any number of universes would be nearly as significant as a back yard to a deity lol

[@wmjessemiller]

Should have the audio on podcast apps

[@kylepollard5075]

Aaaaaand we're back! I hope 2023 is at the Hayden Planetlarium. This is great!

[@HebaruSan]

Today I learned that Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks of a bathtub as a multi-person shared space

[@livefromplanetearth]

✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@jwonderfulsuccess]

HI there! I'm looking for the privilege of experiencing the Isaac asimov debate 2019 and 2021. Anyone know where I can access them?🙏

[@AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory]

Hey there! There were no Asimov Debates held in 2019 or 2021. You can find all the available videos on our playlist here: kzbin.info/aero/PLrfcruGtplwGKzxDI_Ne06NlpOKt-yonZ

[@danielvazquez7482]

Of all the reasons why management and cleanup of space debris need to be done, obstruction of light should not be one of them. Seems to me that makes a mockery of the situation. Especially when one considers how earths atmosphere absorbs between one and two hundred tons from space each and every day (naturally).

[@Robbie_jojo]

Thankyou, i was waiting for this series video... Love you neil

[@saitmardin3332]

Why are the view numbers so low for this one?

[@iam6424]

A very relevant and important debate 👍🏽

[@zair7747]

A partial solution would be to have a system to "relaunch" orbital objects to collide with Earth. Maybe a chemical reaction (like airbags >> solid to gas) or some fuel to direct the object to the height where objects are trapped into Earth gravity to be burned in atmosphere or fall at some place. If most of material are burnable, there will be no worries. It could relate to a life time, to be relaunched after specific x years, or "80%" of what the life expectancy is calculated. And to prevent kinetic collisions between satellites, sensors and so on. Even after the collision, a strong polymer net surrounding the object could keep some larger broken pieces together, diminishing debris. Or even using small strong magnets who would be exposed after a collision to enhance the chances of grouping small pieces. Some thoughts I had now... there are many simple solutions when attached to the initial design.

[@catsaresocute650]

I love the panel

[@efremmcgaughey6574]

I wouldn't think of it as space debris recycling but more space debris restructuring and reconstruction. Each of the satellites have a different function and if there are actually construction plans for a spacecraft each of those satellites can perform the same functions for that ship

[@jagan6933]

❤❤❤

[@leeFbeatz]

Fantastic conversation!! ❤

[@evan_vangelisskoupras3085]

So, why don't they use the SDI program to take these off if they're tracked if its lasers are so powerful? Couldn't they melt at least the smaller ones?

[@wesleyrodgers886]

Physics. Astronomy. History. The bible. Shakespeare. Biology. Limericks....Asimov was a true polymath.

[@efremmcgaughey6574]

I would like to say that I understand the ideas of space pollution and the concerns, however we also have to consider the possibility of future construction storage of materials needed. In space what looks like waste can be used to make another thing spaceship construction travel. Facilities transport facilities from station to station in space. Once we Master space flight to and from Earth we can also manage to put up construction companies to put ideal facilities in orbit to do what I just described. I'm sure it would have been a military supervised program this is why we have SpaceX and now the new space program with the United States Air Force now known as united States space force. So hopefully he has a concern to clear the skies where we can actually track world killers other meteors and dangerous comments. Just maybe space force will create the construction company needed to clear the mess out the way so that we can see. I look forward to it I would like to be able to see more of the skies I hope that by the time it's ready I can be there flying with my security company they are protecting. I look forward to it.

[@efremmcgaughey6574]

180+ satellites to serve as radar and sonar and whatever thing they are designed to scan for

[@livefromplanetearth]

sign me up as a privateer moriba

[@torjones1701]

Oh, thank goodness, I was starting to get withdrawal from not getting my annual fix...

[@David_F97]

Next one hopefully is not on zoom!

[@TheIncomparableGolfer]

Very important topic.. it just might create the next richest person in the world 🌎

[@MohamedSaad-ir6ql]

When was the big bang based on our galaxy what would happen from the next door>

[@josephdonais4778]

COVID and convenance sucks in so many ways. Under a star lit canopy, around the campfire of treat and storytelling did we conspire to lose ourselves to technology. It would be so nice if we could keep that much of ourselves, no matter what is discussed. A dream was the moon and flight then. Yet ironically, more impossible is my dream, *(at least the stage required a physical presents).

[@trab33zzy]

Sway lee a scientist now ? That’s crazy lol

[@NobleNeon111]

Mr Tyson suddenly got older.

[@victorjcano]

I GUESS MAN ISN'T HAPPY WITH ALL THE PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN. HOW AND HELL WILL WE EVER CLEAN THIS GARBAGE UP?

[@beastfr0meast93]

It is just sad that everyone have no audiance. This format kills the vibe. No jokes gets a laugh. The quality is so low because everyone has an old webcam too. I use too love those debat. Now i have to fix the adjust the sound my self. The sound cuts off if more then one talks. PLEASE go back soon to the old format.

[@AndrewNiccol]

Zzzzzzzzzzz

[@cstyles419]

i don't know how this one snuck passed me for 5 months. I was waiting for an Isaac Asimov debate to be announced or something, but I heard nothing about it until I do another google search for it.

[@guppygrease9767]

Cutting edge of tomorrow bestest be found leaving site cleaner than found. Lost your way ain't gonna cut it at all.