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I see. What about a huge orbiting ball of butter* with thrusters that just slowly changes its orbit and sweeps all the trash by getting the trash embedded in it
by dheera 6y ago
I see. What about a huge orbiting ball of butter* with thrusters that just slowly changes its orbit and sweeps all the trash by getting the trash embedded in itself?
* not actual butter, but you get the idea, some polymer, or maybe aerogel?
- Arrath 6y agoRelative velocities are just a huge problem. Unless the object and the catching item are moving near the same speed, chances are the debris will just punch through the item meant to catch it and keep trucking (and maybe make more debris in the process)
- csunbird 6y agoSpace is huge. You probably would need a very, very large sweeper to collect anything.