Ep. 672: Space Debris Removal
Astronomy Cast
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Using Magnets to Catch Spacecraft
Ground tracking stations are tracking tens of thousands, close to 100,000 objects that are one centimeter or bigger. A thing that is half centimeter across hitting a spacecraft is a very bad day. And this is where folks are starting to look at ideas like using magnets which will hopefully make the speeds make sense doing matching orbits to try and grab things.
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