Five wild ideas to clean up Earth's orbit
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Scientists propose five unconventional methods to tackle the estimated 1.2 million pieces of debris larger than 1 cm in Earth’s orbit, including gecko-inspired sticky satellites, robotic tentacles, space harpoons, laser cutters, and electrodynamic tethers (space lassos) to drag junk back into Earth for burn-up or breakup.
5 bizarre ways space experts want to clean up Earth’s orbit BBC Science Focus Magazine
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