RumblestiltskinM to Space, the final frontier · 4 years agoEuropean Space Agency will launch giant claw that drags space junk to its doomwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkEuropean Space Agency will launch giant claw that drags space junk to its doomwww.theregister.comRumblestiltskinM to Space, the final frontier · 4 years agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareRavnlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 years agoSeems a bit expensive to send one thing up for every piece of junk you want to get rid of, but maybe this is just for especially troublesome objects.
minus-squareRumblestiltskinOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 years agoYe, when I first read it I thought it was a permanent spaceship that pushed old satellites down into the atmosphere, but it reads like it goes down with the space garbage.
Seems a bit expensive to send one thing up for every piece of junk you want to get rid of, but maybe this is just for especially troublesome objects.
Ye, when I first read it I thought it was a permanent spaceship that pushed old satellites down into the atmosphere, but it reads like it goes down with the space garbage.