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curious of the price of de-orbiting an m6 screw (say m = 4g, v = 8000m/s) given it has the same kinetic energy as a small car (m = 1000kg v = 16m/s).
by immmmmm 6y ago
curious of the price of de-orbiting an m6 screw (say m = 4g, v = 8000m/s) given it has the same kinetic energy as a small car (m = 1000kg v = 16m/s).
- hoseja 6y agoYou don't need to get rid of all those 8km/s. Just enough to drop down into the atmosphere, the rest is a shooting star.
- dmckeon 6y agoRemote propulsion by ablation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_broom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_broom
- immmmmm 6y agoyes, that's the only system that makes sense to me for small objects. with a good international policy that prevents ppl from missiles at satellites to show power and, maybe, also one that prevent ppl to put any crap in LEO now it has got that cheap..