NASA called off a spacewalk on Tuesday after it was revealed that some of the company's internet-beaming Starlink satellites had to escape the path of space debris.
Musk didn't say the origin of the debris, but he said they had to shift the Starlink satellite's position to reduce the chance of a collision. Not great, but not terrible either.
The billionaire CEO talked about the dangers of space junk on spacewalks.
The risk for spacewalk is higher because Extravehicular Activity suits do not have micrometeorite shields.
Replacing antenna
The astronauts on board the International Space Station were supposed to replace the broken antenna system before the spacewalk was canceled.
The spacewalk was delayed due to the lack of time to assess the risk to the astronauts.
The news comes after Russia sent more than 1,500 pieces of space junk around the world. It is not clear if NASA's decision or Musk's comments are related to the incident.
Musk nonchalantly reacted to the issue. The threat to astronauts is serious, but it could make escaping Earth's gravity even more dangerous if we crowd our planet's orbit with trash.
NASA had to cancel a spacewalk due to deadly debris.
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