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more about #spacedebris Mr_Biggles:Windows 7 was my idea: I don't know much about magnets in space or the whole math thing but cant we use a giant magnet to collect all the metal bits and bolts. Or perhaps a ... more » phlavor: How about space garbage men flying around space garbage trucks? They could scoop the junk up and then sling it into a burn on re-entry trajectory. I'd... more » Michai: Lets fix the solution by putting more stuff up there for a cool 2 bill... wtf? more » Bandit: 2015. Just in time for us to stop sending shuttle into orbit. Nice. more » StupidSimple: A 2 billion dollar alarm? That's so awesome. I expected a stupid solution like shooting the debris down or something. more » Jux: All that money and the best they could come up with is "Space Fence?" btw, video lists the speed as 17K MPH, not 70K. Hauling balls, nonetheless. more » Software_Goddess: I think it would be absolutely adorable if the planet Earth had a white picket fence around it. We could plant flowers around it too. more » FightingChance: Space fence to be painted by space Tom Sawyer, giant brain. "Tom Sawyer, you tricked me." more » Sora57: All they have to do is add the Asteroids "Hyperspace" button. more » gotcheeze5793: yes...could you imagine a hunk of metal going crazy fast in zero gravity hurtling towards you? Its a pretty dangerous job, being an ISS astronaut. Jus... more » Weihovah: why don't they just have scotty divert aux power to the shields? more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: So wait, are you saying our only hope might be Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, and/or Walter Day? more » Software_Goddess: We really need to find a way to get a garbage truck out there before the shit really hits the fan (space station). more » DeepFriar: Have we learned nothing from Justice League Unlimited? more » spittingangels: I read the other day an article about ideas being passed around on ways to clean up junk in orbit. A couple of ideas were discussed: lasers fired in... more » MacJedi: Isn't this why deflector shields were invented on Star Trek? SO COME ON GENIUSES!!! LET'S GET TO INVENTIN! more » Hello Mister Walrus: So they climbed into a Russian space capsule to protect themselves from space debris? Did they fly away to some place safe or does the Soyuz TMA-13 ha... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: They just need to re-christen one of the remaining Space Shuttles and call it Titanic... That's guaranteed to create the disaster their hoping to avoi... more » FritzLaurel: So, I guess if they collided in space, it's not really "mid-air", is it... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: How about combining the two ideas. You use the water for sharks to swim around in, then mount lasers to their heads. Since water can't be compressed... more » -
#space
Space Fence to Defend Astronauts and Satellites Against Orbital Debris
The International Space Station and the space shuttle Discovery almost had to dodge some deadly space debris yesterday. Again. NASA is not installing any lasers soon, but the U.S. Air Force is moving forward on their own spacecrap defense plan. More » -
#space
Space Station Crew Now Basically Just Playing a Real-Life Game of Asteroids
Sent into a panic about space junk for the second time in as many weeks, the International Space Station has been forced to reposition to dodge a four-inch chunk of Chinese rocket. More » -
#iss
Space Station Crew Climb Into Escape Module To Avoid Passing Space Debris
Members of the ISS crew climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 capsule for about 10 minutes today as a precaution against space debris passing nearby. The threat was called off around 12:45 EDT. More » -
#spacejunk
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. More » -
#trashtronauts
Space Is Full of Crap
The European Space Agency has just released images showing all the satellites and human-made debris now orbiting space as a result of 51 years of launching stuff since Sputnik. That's about 6,000 satellites up there—of which only 800 remain operational—plus thousands of other objects from launches and accidents. According to their mindblowing simulations things are getting a lot worse: More »
