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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Moooses20 • Mar 06 '25
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There's apparently 90000 metric tons of junk in orbit. I love the sentiment, but this method may take a while...
19 u/Swipsi Mar 06 '25 Its a first step. Make it work first then scale it up. 6 u/fothergillfuckup Mar 06 '25 It's hard to imagine a lower tech method than, effectively, a bow and arrow though? One item at a time? I'd go state of the art, and try, maybe, a net? 6 u/VeryNiceGuy22 Mar 06 '25 This satellite also included three additional experiments: The primary satellite had a target which was captured with a net https://www.sstl.co.uk/space-portfolio/launched-missions/2010-2019/removedebris-launched-2018
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Its a first step. Make it work first then scale it up.
6 u/fothergillfuckup Mar 06 '25 It's hard to imagine a lower tech method than, effectively, a bow and arrow though? One item at a time? I'd go state of the art, and try, maybe, a net? 6 u/VeryNiceGuy22 Mar 06 '25 This satellite also included three additional experiments: The primary satellite had a target which was captured with a net https://www.sstl.co.uk/space-portfolio/launched-missions/2010-2019/removedebris-launched-2018
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It's hard to imagine a lower tech method than, effectively, a bow and arrow though? One item at a time? I'd go state of the art, and try, maybe, a net?
6 u/VeryNiceGuy22 Mar 06 '25 This satellite also included three additional experiments: The primary satellite had a target which was captured with a net https://www.sstl.co.uk/space-portfolio/launched-missions/2010-2019/removedebris-launched-2018
This satellite also included three additional experiments:
The primary satellite had a target which was captured with a net
https://www.sstl.co.uk/space-portfolio/launched-missions/2010-2019/removedebris-launched-2018
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u/fothergillfuckup Mar 06 '25
There's apparently 90000 metric tons of junk in orbit. I love the sentiment, but this method may take a while...