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Indian Robot Will Capture Space Debris

Posted by timothy on from the static-cling dept.

CowboyRobot writes "India is set to launch the 'Space Robot', which, controlled from Earth, will capture damaged satellites and space debris. This seems a less ambitious, and more immediately practical venture than the current Mars missions."

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  1. Really cool! by zulux · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's a theory that if there's enough space-junk that you could develope a chain reaction where one peice of junk shatters another, and really quickly you end up with a bunch of miniscule but deadly debris that will make space exploration almost impossible.

    Thanks India!

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    Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.

  2. Orbital Debris: Plot of Planet-es Anime/Manga by StCredZero · · Score: 2, Informative

    This sounds like a precursor to Planet-es. It's a very well written anime (even from a Hard Sci-fi POV)

  3. Re:Short on details, long on possibilities by geoswan · · Score: 4, Informative
    May I suggest that it is a mistake to think of India as a "developing country"? I had an Indian friend at University who could be relied on to remind us that, in absolute terms, India's industrial capacity placed it among the dozen or so most industrialized nations on earth.

    Compare the economies of India and Russia. India's GDP was about twice that of Russia's last year. While a higher proportion of Russia's GDP was in its industrialized sector, India's industrialized sector is still larger, in absolute terms.

    There is an old aphorism that inside every fat man there is a thin man screaming to get out. So, remember, India's industrial sector is larger than Russia's.

  4. the price seems right ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative


    for those who are not familiar with the rupee..


    50cr Rupees ~ 11 Mil $

    What's 50 cr

  5. Oh, okay. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    spanner n.
    1. A wrench having a hook, hole, or pin at the end for meshing with a related device on another object.
    2. Chiefly British. A wrench.