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Posted by michael on from the clean-sweep dept.

wvanhuffel writes "This is a call for /.'s to put their thinking caps on. The US Airforce, NASA and other agencies are looking for ideas to find and eliminate threats from space debris to craft (space, in the use of). Personally I like the idea of "robots to serve as roving garbage scowls" - my question is "How do they identify 'garbage'?" - Would the ISS qualify?" I don't know what happened to the laser broom.

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  1. Terminator Tether by XNormal · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can always trust Rober Forward to come up with a good idea.

    See his Terminator Tether page. It's a great way to bring down an orbiting mass without actually having to carry the mass of fuel that would be required for a deorbiting burn.

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  2. Re:what abou the space pen? by lokki · · Score: 3, Informative

    NASA spent countless $$$ to come up with a pen that would work in space

    Not true. Check out http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.htm The Fisher Space Pen (and I happen to own one) was developed without NASA requesting it, or paying for the research.

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