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Astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker from ANU explains to SBS's Ricardo Goncalves why the destruction of the Starship wasn't the disaster that the rest of us might think it was.

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Astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker from ANU explains to SBS's Ricardo Goncalves why the destruction of the Starship wasn't the disaster that the rest of us might think it was.

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