Ep. 672: Space Debris Removal
Astronomy Cast
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The Future of AstroScale Satellites
AstroScale is planning a system where you launch up one of their satellites, it magnetically grapples on to something. I personally am intrigued by some of the new plans that are coming out of a UK funding challenge. And I can imagine a future where you have robotic arms grabbing things and hurling them towards the atmosphere. It's like a cat playing with a mouse. Are you catching it? Yeah, that's cool.
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