Bi-Directional Plasma Thrusters for Space Debris Removal

Re:Bi-Directional Plasma Thrusters for Space Debris Removal by panzagl on Friday September 28, 2018 @10:52AM (#18093838)

Most of the debris in orbit is a result of 2 events, one of which was a purposeful action of the Chinese government. So if humanity can refrain from blowing up satellites, or at least keep from blowing them up in the stupid way the Chinese did, it should remain manageable.

Of course, some of the most difficult to track debris was put up there in the name of science- the Telford needles, pieces of tether, and shreds of solar sails. If the big net experiment from a couple of weeks ago had gone awry, we'd have another difficult to track fabric-like bit of junk shredding itself into smaller yet still dangerous pieces up there.

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Re:Bi-Directional Plasma Thrusters for Space Debris Removal by A2017U1 on Saturday September 29, 2018 @06:11AM (#18099604)

Was a bit sceptical at first but this seems fairly correct. There's been numerous collision events, only one stands out as intentional and of greater magnitude than all the rest. I do wonder how future generations will judge such actions given the difficulty of clean up and general world consensus to not militarise space.

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

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