Giant nets could remove orbiting space junk
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 01:21
in Astronomy & Space
A dozen space vehicles, equipped with 200 nets each, could scoop up the space debris floating in low Earth orbit, clearing the way for a future space elevator. That`s the idea described last Friday at the annual Space Elevator conference by Star Inc., a company that is receiving funding for the project from DARPA.