NASA awards startup $850,000 to develop space debris capture bag
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NASA awarded space logistics startup TransAstra a contract to develop an inflatable capture bag capable of transporting orbital debris and asteroids.

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  • Geek_King@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Space Garbage Men, job of the future. In all seriousness, I’m glad they’re looking at solutions, because this issue can get out of hand very fast from what I’ve read. If we had no regard for the build up of space trash, we could have a halo of debris making leaving the planet impossible, or at the very least, dangerous.

  • lasagnaEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Would slowing them down be enough? I’m thinking along the lines of a magnet.

    • mawkishdave@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      If you allow them down then they will get pulled into the atmosphere and burn up. The ISS stays in orbit because it’s moving so fast and needs a push now and again to keep the speed up.