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European Space Agency will launch giant claw that drags space junk to its doom
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| Nov 27, 2020
| Simon Sharwood
Posted on 11/28/2020 8:56:14 PM PST by dayglored
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To: Fungi
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Define “space junk” and how does this agency have authority to do so. There are thousands of dead satellites and dead boosters and pieces of same, floating around without power and/or without useful attitude or position control. They are acknowledged to be derelict, and they present a serious and growing danger to other viable craft. There are registries of "space junk", along with the registries of viable spacecraft, including both commercial and governmental, and yes, even the ones whose mission is classified.
While it's physically possible for something like the Claw to make a mistake (or a "mistake") and snatch a live satellite, that would create an international uproar.
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11/28/2020 10:11:32 PM PST
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dayglored
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To: dayglored
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11/28/2020 10:16:35 PM PST
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ETL
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To: McGruff
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A movie ahead of its time. Indeed.
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11/28/2020 10:17:56 PM PST
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dayglored
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To: henbane
There is an astonishing amount of crap floating around out there. And that’s just LEO (Low Earth Orbit); there are also a lot of highly-elliptical orbiting craft, and of course the ever-more crowded geo-synch and geo-stationary orbits.
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11/28/2020 10:21:45 PM PST
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dayglored
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To: dayglored
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11/28/2020 10:25:32 PM PST
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11/28/2020 10:27:24 PM PST
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To: ETL
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11/28/2020 10:28:42 PM PST
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dayglored
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11/28/2020 10:31:50 PM PST
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To: dayglored
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11/28/2020 10:42:25 PM PST
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To: dayglored
No problem. Should buff right out.
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11/28/2020 10:44:06 PM PST
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To: dayglored
A series of big orbiting nets to collect bits of debris has been suggested. I think maybe flypaper would be best.
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11/28/2020 10:53:56 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: ETL
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11/28/2020 10:55:54 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: henbane
As expensive as putting that stuff up is you would think an effort could be made to collect it for eventual reuse.
Sort of like Sanford & Son meets Elon Musk.
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11/28/2020 10:56:04 PM PST
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glasseye
("If you don't fire that prosecutor, you ain't black." -Joe Biden)
To: henbane
As expensive as putting that stuff up is you would think an effort could be made to collect it for eventual reuse.
Sort of like Sanford & Son meets Elon Musk.
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11/28/2020 11:02:14 PM PST
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glasseye
("If you don't fire that prosecutor, you ain't black." -Joe Biden)
To: dayglored
Darn. I was hoping it would throw the garbage at the sun.
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11/28/2020 11:04:56 PM PST
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MNDude
To: MNDude
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Darn. I was hoping it would throw the garbage at the sun. It would take a lot of energy (propulsion) to throw anything that's in orbit around Earth far enough / fast enough to end up falling into the Sun. Not worth the effort.
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11/28/2020 11:11:39 PM PST
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dayglored
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To: SunkenCiv
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11/28/2020 11:18:55 PM PST
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11/28/2020 11:23:48 PM PST
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To: dayglored
Imagine that thing grabbing all our defense satellites during a war.
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11/28/2020 11:28:47 PM PST
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Revel
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