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Don't Blow Up Satellites, Catch Them in Gigantic Blankets

Sure, explosions are great and everything, but isn't there a more gentle way to catch errant satellites and missiles? There sure is, according to a recent patent from SVC solutions. Rather than blow them up, we can just wrap them in a giant blanket and parachute them to Earth! Yes, it's so stupid it comes right back around to being brilliant, and I think the military should start producing these right away. Get on it, USA! [FlightGlobal]

1:32 PM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Adam Frucci
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