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Space Junk Removal Testing Craft Ejected From the ISS

posted by martyb on Friday June 22 2018, @01:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the gonna-need-a-bigger-net dept.

takyon writes:

Astronauts eject UK-led space junk demo mission

A UK-led project to showcase methods to tackle space junk has just been pushed out of the International Space Station.

The RemoveDebris satellite was ejected a short while ago with the help of a robotic arm.

The 100kg craft, built in Guildford, has a net and a harpoon.

These are just two of the multiple ideas currently being considered to snare rogue hardware, some 7,500 tonnes of which is now said to be circling the planet.

Previously: SpaceX Launches CRS-14 Resupply Mission to the ISS

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday June 22 2018, @04:58PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday June 22 2018, @04:58PM (#696829)

    I was thinking of a big oven to melt the captured object and eject the result as propellant.
    The problem is to keep the nozzle clean despite the unavoidable clumps. Sending mama to space to clean up could be dangerous for people's health.

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