Fishing debris in space

[Richard O'Neill]

  Would you like to see the space station de-orbit? Plans are in work. =-O
  http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/07/03/215291/nasa-may-buy-esas-atv-to-de-orbit-iss-at-end-of-life.html
  Good luck folks.

Richard


On 2/5/2011 12:41 PM, Philip Miller Tate wrote:
>
> On 5 Feb 2011, at 15:23, Andre Kesteloot wrote:
>> In fact, the net would presumable be in orbit too, and could be 
>> traveling at at slightly higher or lower speed than the debris. 
>> (using gas to redirect itself?)
>> The relative speed of the objects caught in the net would thus be 
>> relatively low.
>> André
>
>
> Well, only if the debris is moving in the same direction as the net... 
> If in the opposite direction, they meet at twice orbital velocity, 
> unless somebody had the presence of mind to direct all the debris the 
> same way.
>
> Phil M1GWZ
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