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DARPA RepairBots or Orbital Junk Pitchers?
2019-04-24
Posted by:Skidmark

#2  Why don't satellites have a termination program? On a coded signal from the ground, thrusters move the sat into the atmosphere, to burn up.

We need a new law to prevent space litter!

If only the Dems could tear themselves away from Trump destruction.
Posted by: Bobby   2019-04-24 12:05  

#1  A key refueling test for these potential robots shows refueling concept will need a bit more thought before it can be implemented for sats in space.
In simple words "It didn't work at all."
Posted by: 3dc   2019-04-24 06:06  

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