Fishing debris in space

[Philip Miller Tate]

On 7 Feb 2011, at 04:01, Chip Fetrow wrote:

> The great news is, most of the space junk IS going in the same  
> direction, in pretty much the same orbit.  If it is faster, it is  
> higher, if it is slower, it is lower.  It is in pretty much the  
> same direction because of the efficiencies of launching it into orbit.
>

At least until it starts colliding with other space junk. Then  
trajectories will be less predictable...

Phil M1GWZ