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DARPA's Giant Space Junk Net Could Remove Almost All Orbiting Debris

Posted August 16, 2010 2:35 PM

From Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now:

DARPA has a thing for butterfly tech. Last week it was sensors based on butterfly wings. This week, it's a space junk capturing vehicle armed with 200 nets that gathers space garbage, much as a lepidopterist would net butterflies for a specimen collection. The technology was presented on Friday at the annual Space Elevator conference.

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08/17/2010 12:29 AM

I'm pretty sure they got this idea here on cr4!

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08/17/2010 10:28 AM

Or they 're-invented' Asimov but haven't quite see the potential.

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08/17/2010 9:44 AM

Bloody-well hurry up with it. I've got customers waiting! <Splutter, wheeze>

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08/17/2010 10:05 AM

I think it was in PopSci or similar mag recently they listed this, but also several other methods that are competing for the trash pickup honors. Including long tethers, liquid blobs, and other 'unique' ideas.
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