Too Much Space Debris? Try a Weak Laser or a Strong Water Cannon

There are 18,000 pieces of tracked space debris in orbit—and millions more smaller bits—all potentially fatal. To nudge them towards the atmosphere to burn up, one scientist proposes lasers, another proposes water.

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    feral

    Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 2:01 PM

    will our elliptical orbit cause teis junk to eventually form rings like with saturn? Maybe the solution is time..

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    james braselton

    Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 12:12 PM

    I KNOW LASERS PHASERS TRACTOR BEAMS OR THE SPACE BAT THEY HAVE A BAT IN SPACE GIVE IT A BAT SUIT AND THE WINGS WILL PUSH ALL THAT STUFF AWAY FROM EARTH

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