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   astronut on August 27, 2020 at 9:34 pm

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   Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

   Link: https://www.popsci.com/china-s...

   China’s space broom isn’t the Death Star super laser. It’s an orbiting satellite with a laser only powerful enough to heat up pieces of space junk, so that they change course burn up in the atmosphere.Depositphotos

   Is China’s space laser for real?

   Link: https://www.popsci.com/c

   China's space laser is for nudging away pieces of space junk, which is increasingly a problem for anyone in orbit.

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   soleo on August 25, 2020 at 9:32 pm

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   Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

   Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

   floating crafts, harpoons and nets. Sounds a bit of a low tech solution – more like a fishing trip than escaping our world.

   Space debris - Wikipedia

   Link: https://en.wikipedia.org

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   Stella on August 24, 2020 at 9:28 pm

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   Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

   Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

   Heh, you would still need a space broom to clean up the stray silly string.

   Laser broom - Wikipedia

   Link: https://en.wikipedia.org

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   8-BIT BOBBY on August 21, 2020 at 9:25 pm

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   Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

   Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/508...

   last year i read that india was likely to compete with china for being the biggest litterbugs in the solar system. They’ve had plenty of practice.

   Who is responsible for all the space junk?

   Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/ne

   A Pakistani minister says India's "irresponsible" missions are a huge source of space debris

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   soleo on August 6, 2020 at 9:23 pm

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   Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

   Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...

   I guess the Chinese aren’t using silly string then.

   China's space debris clean-up tech could be a cover, Pentagon warns

   Link: https://www.dailymail.co

   China is developing technology for 'satellite inspection and repair' and debris clean-up - 'at least some of which could also function' as weapons against US satellites, a Pentagon report says.

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   Blinko on August 1, 2020 at 9:21 pm

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   Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

   Link: https://www.businessinsider.in...

   Now its a count up for who is the worst space criminal (organization).

   US, Russia and China with space debris in the thousands are complaining about 49 pieces from India's A-SAT test

   Link: https://www.businessinsi

   Space debris from India's anti-satellite weapons test is still in orbit around Earth. The National Aeronautics and Space Research Organisation (NASA) is

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   Miss Entropic on July 29, 2020 at 9:19 pm

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   Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

   Link: https://www.universetoday.com/...

   “The helicon plasma thruster is an electrodeless system, which allows it to undertake long operations performed at a high power level.” says Takahashi, “This discovery is considerably different to existing solutions and will make a substantial contribution to future sustainable human activity in space.”

   A New Solution to the Space Junk Problem. Spacecraft with Plasma Beams to Force Space Junk to Burn Up - Universe Today

   Link: https://www.universetoda

   Our space junk problem is growing. Scientists are developing a bi-directional ion beam satellite system to de-orbit our 3000 dead satellites.

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   HADRIAN ION on July 5, 2020 at 9:17 pm

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   Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

   Link: https://www.nasa.gov/image-fea...

   People are working on a variety of solutions, but someone needs to stop the culprits making it worse now.

   Small Satellite Demonstrates Possible Solution for 'Space Junk'

   Link: https://www.nasa.gov/ima

   The International Space Station deployed this small satellite for the NanoRacks-Remove Debris investigation, designed to demonstrate an approach to reduce the risks presented by orbital debris or "space junk."

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   Mickey on June 28, 2020 at 9:14 pm

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   Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

   Link: https://www.zdnet.com/article/...

   You know like death the inevitable solution will be, wait for it… – Space Tax

   In a recent study, economists proposed a Pigovian tax that would discourage the excessive launch of satellites and use money from the tax of satellites that are launched to pay for the removal of space debris.

   7 ideas to solve the space junk problem | ZDNet

   Link: https://www.zdnet.com/ar

   Increasing space debris could make space exploration impossible and the use of satellites unfeasible.

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    HADRIAN ION on June 21, 2020 at 9:12 pm

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    Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

    Link: https://www.nap.edu/read/4765/...

    recommended read “There are many possible means of reducing the debris hazard to future space operations. These include actions taken as a spacecraft enters orbit (e.g., tethering rather than jettisoning lens caps and despin devices), during operations (e.g., reducing the amount of refuse ejected from crewed missions), and after its functional lifetime (e.g., depleting energy sources or moving the spacecraft into a disposal orbit). Some methods would cost very little, whereas others might be economically prohibitive for some missions. Their effectiveness also will vary, not only from method to method but also in how well a particular method will work in different orbital regions and with different space systems.”

    Read “Orbital Debris: A Technical Assessment” at NAP.edu

    Link: https://www.nap.edu/read

    Read chapter 7 TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE THE FUTURE DEBRIS HAZARD: Since the beginning of space flight, the collision hazard in Earth orbit has increased as ...

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    sunnyjim on April 26, 2020 at 9:10 pm

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    Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

    Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Any space junk deniers our there?

    NASA's Space Debris Problem. (And how to solve it)

    Link: https://www.youtube.com/

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    Mike on April 6, 2020 at 9:08 pm

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    Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

    Link: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/c...

    Not sure how true some of this is about space junk. who knows the truth? and who tells it?

    Chinese space junk narrowly missed hitting New York City, report says

    Link: https://www.foxnews.com/

    Space junk from a new Chinese rocket narrowly missed dropping down on New York City Monday night, according to a report, largely burning up in the atmosphere before some of the debris survived long enough to slam into West Africa.

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    Miss Entropic on March 2, 2020 at 9:07 pm

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    Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

    Link: https://www.nationalgeographic...

    gonna keep getting worse. glad people are talking about it though.

    Space junk is a huge problem—and it’s only getting bigger

    Link: https://www.nationalgeog

    Hundreds of thousands of man-made objects are zipping around our planet—from dead satellites to errant nuts and bolts, putting our working satellites at risk.

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    Blinko on February 27, 2020 at 9:04 pm

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    Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

    Link: https://www.weforum.org/agenda...

    serious solutions are what’s needed. and soon, because if we don’t get ourselves off this stinking ball because of the crap we spread around us, we will deserve to die quickly alone, like most other life forms out there did, probably.

    We have a space debris problem. Here’s how to solve it

    Link: https://www.weforum.org/

    More than half-a-million pieces of space junk orbit the Earth, and the threat this debris poses to critical satellite infrastructure and future missions is growing.

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    sunnyjim on January 3, 2020 at 9:03 pm

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    Idea: Space debris deorbiter, fires silly string at space junk creating drag

    Link: https://www.popularmechanics.c...

    Or use a net, a claw, grab it, laser it and urr.yep, sillystring

    6 Ways to Solve Our Dangerous Space Junk Problem

    Link: https://www.popularmecha

    There are more than 100 million pieces of human-made debris whizzing around the planet. How do we clean it up to keep Earth orbit safe for our satellites and spacecraft?

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