Satellite Fleets Risk Collisions in Space, Former NASA Head Says
- Musk, others have plans to launch thousands of satellites
- Bridenstine testifies before Senate Commerce Committee
Jim Bridenstine
Photographer: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner/Bloomberg
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Thousands of communications satellites proposed by dozens of companies pose a risk of ruinous collisions in space, a former chief of the U.S. space agency said Thursday.
“The U.S. government and governments around the world are failing to properly manage collision risk,” former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said in testimony to the Senate Commerce Committee.