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A Chinese Satellite Just Grappled Another and Pulled It Out of Orbit
- wolfd 5y agoThe technology for moving dead satellites is long overdue. Sure, it has military implications, but it's a heck of a lot more responsible than anti-satellite missiles.
- RF_Savage 5y agoAgreed! Much, much better than debris generating missiles. And unlike missiles, this also has civilian uses. Maybe Planetes is not the future we are getting.
- beardyw 5y agoIf China are only doing this now they are late to the party.
- PenguinCoder 5y agoPretty impressive, regardless.
- lgvln 5y agoWouldn’t it make more sense to use some sort of energy weapon on the target satellite _if_ the intention is to disable enemy satellites (as suggested by the article)?
- kleer001 5y agoNo. That way you get debris. That's really bad.