"His schedule is carved into 30-minute slots from 5 a.m. until 11 p.m. Meetings are online only, and every one of them revolves around space. Despite the long hours, his calendar is booked weeks ahead. When does he sleep? The 22-year-old student from the Technical University of Munich in Germany shrugs when confronted with the question during a recent interview with DW, saying that he's "on the home stretch" and just can't "set the project aside.""
"The European Space Agency (ESA) estimates more than 1.2 million objects larger than one centimeter (0.39 inches) in orbit, including more than 50,000 bigger than 10 centimeters. "Between 700 and 800 kilometers [434 miles to 497 miles] in altitude we're seeing massive debris clouds that will remain for centuries and can multiply through collisions," Jan Siminski of ESA's Space Debris team in Darmstadt, Germany, told DW."
Leonidas Askianakis, a 22-year-old student from the Technical University of Munich, runs Project-S with online, space-focused meetings scheduled in 30-minute slots from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., and his calendar is booked weeks ahead. He has secured public funding and venture capital for the startup and closely monitors reports about rising debris risks. A Chinese crew recently extended its orbital stay because their return capsule might have collided with fragments. Thousands of tons of debris — retired satellites, spent rocket stages and countless shards — now circle Earth. ESA estimates over 1.2 million objects larger than one centimeter in orbit and more than 50,000 larger than 10 centimeters. Massive debris clouds at 700–800 kilometers altitude could persist for centuries and multiply through collisions, while a one-centimeter fragment can destroy a satellite.
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