Newswise — ROLLA, Mo. – As a 20-year-old NASA satellite prepares to return to Earth and scatter space debris over a wide area, space debris expert Dr. William Schonberg is available to talk to media about the issue. Schonberg is chair of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology and is part of a National Research Council panel that studies the impact of space debris.

For more information about Schonberg’s research expertise, see http://news.mst.edu/2011/09/lots_of_space_junk_is_circling.html.

To arrange an interview with Schonberg, contact the Missouri S&T communications office at 573-341-4328.