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if you are moving with the almost the same speed and in the same direction as the debris, then there is a very small impact.
by MichaelMoser123 5y ago
if you are moving with the almost the same speed and in the same direction as the debris, then there is a very small impact.
- fsloth 5y agoI imagine orbital velocities of debris is all over the place. It sound like you would need a magic source of thrust for all that delta-v to match orbits and whatnot.
- MichaelMoser123 5y agothey might try out solar powered ion engines. Deep space one is powered by an engine of this type, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_electric_propulsion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_electric_propulsion
- ben-schaaf 5y agoThe closest we have to that would probably be solar sails. Considering that cleanup usually isn't time sensitive it could be a very cheap and effective solution.
- gowld 5y agoEverything in an orbit moves at exactly the same speed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler's_laws_of_planetary_motion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler's_laws_of_planetary_m... You can only collide with an orbiting object if one of you is changing orbits. It's very difficult to force to objects to meet in orbit with nearly the same velocity; it requires complex active maneuvering.