New efforts will help avoid space junk collisions in low- and high-Earth orbit. But many problems still remain, such as the amount of computer power that will be needed to monitor all the space junk and eventual solutions to cleaning …
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Space Junk Crisis: Time to Bring in the Lasers
- 10.26.11
- 1:38 PM
- Categories: Space
Several hundred thousand pieces of waste, commonly known as space junk, litter low-Earth orbit, potentially causing hazardous conditions for rockets and satellites. A group of scientists would like to shoot this junk from the ground with high-powered laser pulses.
NASA Considers Shooting Space Junk With Lasers
- 03.15.11
- 12:32 PM
- Categories: Space
The growing cloud of space junk surrounding the Earth is a hazard to spaceflight, and will only get worse as large pieces of debris collide and fragment. NASA space scientists have hit on a new way to manage the mess: …
