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comment by goobster
goobster  ·  1124 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New Effort To Clean Up Space Junk Reaches Orbit : NPR

I guess, instead of adding weight and a panel to fit specifically to this commercial "we'll de-orbit your satellite for you" company's satellite towing device... why not require every new satellite to have a de-orbit plan?

I mean, yay, private enterprise coming up with a solution to a problem.

But isn't the RIGHT solution the one that makes the people responsible for putting the satellite up there in the first place, also responsible for de-orbiting it in a responsible manner?

And none of this deals with the existing cloud of crap we have up there, from defunkt KH-11s to paint chips...





Cedar  ·  1120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So not as versatile as The Klaw but I suppose this method would allow a company to just 'buy' their de-orbit solution -- that must be an attrative proposition for some?

Question is can they make adaptors for this interface to match the existing interfaces?