NASA awards startup $850,000 to develop space debris capture bag | NASA awarded space logistics startup TransAstra a contract to develop an inflatable capture bag capable of transporting orbital de...

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• CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A gigantic cevlar bag may be a idea.

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• Somecall_metim@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There was a really good anime about exactly this kind of situation

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• lasagna@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Would slowing them down be enough? I’m thinking along the lines of a magnet.

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  • mawkishdave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you allow them down then they will get pulled into the atmosphere and burn up. The ISS stays in orbit because it’s moving so fast and needs a push now and again to keep the speed up.

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