Call for Cosmic Cleanup

I just want to see some clusters of amazing clean up bots that detect and track whatever they see... in their prescribed route.. while being able to avoid collision..

just a few hundred of these to help keep the highways clean.. up there.

of course it would take time and energy going from one piece to the next..

of course.. then you either have to carry the junk along for the ride or attach a sail or booster to it and send it into a deorbit... more energy.. fuel.. cargo..

Taking more time would equal using less energy

eh.. this ..is not my forte

..tricky problem

Big, orbiting magnet. Called a BOM.

A space-bot set up to catch debris could make money. First catching low speed debris until it has mass enough to catch high speed debris safely.

It would require fuel and remote control. Some of the debris may have good salvage value, even possible re-use in space.

Considering the service done, treaties may be arranged to allow charging fees for the orbits cleared of junk.

I feel that until somone dies, maybe several someones, that little will be done to solve the space debris problem (other than more elaborate tracking systems). I have written an article that describes such a senario and how it prompts a treaty and a UN or equivelent agency funded by governments whose space programs and satellite operators/launchers have contributed to the problem (in proportion to contribution), that then pays out billions of dollars for a cleanup. And it will take billions of dollars.

A physical cleanup would have multiple benefits including greatly inproving the abilities of private companies to go into and work in space. Profit would be the main motive and the side benefits would include better design of launch systems and satellites to reduce future debris (and future charges by the agency for debris removal), more care by all space based companies and user nations due to charges for 'lost and nonuseable' items including gloves, cowlings, boosters, etc; and of course improved safety for all. Payments would be based on mass of debris removed as well as the number of pieces removed and the orbit they were removed from.

If you want a copy of the article contact me at don@supportconsulting.net

De-orbiting plans are a fundamental to any launched vehicle as a voluntary part of the industry.

Not much you can do about de-orbiting the mess left after you bang two satellites into each other.

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/05/10/another-look-nasa-considers-lasers-to-battle-space-junk/