Epidemics in orbit: How space debris is going viral | Rachel Sholder | TEDxJHU

Epidemics in orbit: How space debris is going viral | Rachel Sholder | TEDxJHU

Rachel reframes the growing crisis of space debris through an unexpected lens: epidemiology. Drawing parallels between orbital collisions and the spread of infectious disease, she introduces space epidemiology, a framework that models debris cascades using public health tools like SIR models. By showing how small colli