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Great British Lift Off

Broadcaster Kim McAllister and space expert Dr Murray Collins return for their third series - and this time they're starting on the International Space Station. Literally.Great British Lift Off is a Connect production and is sponsored by the Data Driven Innovation Programme and the Science and Technology Facilities Council.Follow Kim and Murray on Twitter @KimMcAllister and @MurrayBCollins

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Great British Lift Off

Space Junk and how we'll clean it up

July 01, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 6

The human race is making another mess - this time it's in orbit.

Broadcaster Kim McAllister and space expert Dr Murray Collins discuss the issue of space junk with experts whose work is suffering and with the entrepreneurs who are trying to solve the problem.

Andy Lawrence is Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh and author of the book "Losing the Sky", detailing the problems of space junk.

Harriet Brettle is Head of Business Analysis at Astroscale UK, where they are testing technology to remove space debris and Ralph 'Dinz' Dinsley is founder of NORSS (Northern Space & Security Ltd) and surveying the sky to categorise the junk.

Great British Lift Off is a Connect production sponsored by The Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Data Driven Innovation Programme.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council part of UK Research and Innovation is proud to co-sponsor The Great British Lift-off.
As well as leading on UK space missions, we support business-driven innovation, by opening our doors to companies of all sizes. We offer access to our facilities, equipment, expertise and networks to accelerate the route to market for new disruptive technologies up in space and down on earth. Your partner in space.

For more about how we support business:

Edinburgh: http://higgscentre.org/
Harwell Space Cluster: https://www.harwellcampus.com/space-cluster/
ESA BIC UK: esa-bic.org.uk

Th Data Driven Innovation initiative is delivered by the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University for the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal. We are an innovation network helping organisations tackle challenges for industry and society by doing data right to support Edinburgh in its ambition to become the data capital of Europe.