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- Space Junk Solution? Tiny Cubesat to Test New De-Orbiting Thruster https://www.space.com/37370-cubesat-deorbit-space-junk-experiment.html 18 comments
- Big harpoon is 'solution to space junk' http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43418047 14 comments space
- Ugly truth of space junk: No feasible solutions http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42975224/ns/technology_and_science-space/ 17 comments space
- Space Junk Solution? Japan Would Use a Tether to Nab Debris & Destroy It http://www.space.com/35059-japan-space-junk-tether-tech.html 3 comments space
- Experts discuss solutions to deal with vast amount of space junk that is clogging up the Earth’s orbit. http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1642608/experts_seek_solution_for_space_debris_orbiting_earth/index.html 3 comments space
- Despite concerns, space junk continues to clutter Earth's orbit. And with SpaceX poised to launch up to 12,000 more satellites (for a space-based internet), researchers are exploring a range of potential solutions, including a net-and-harpoon throwing satellite and an ion-anti-tractor beam. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/12/despite-concerns-space-junk-continues-to-clutter-earth-orbit 5 comments space
- A Meeting in Orbit Demonstrates a Space Junk Solution: Two satellites docked together high above Earth on Tuesday, successfully extending the life of one that was running out of fuel https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/science/mev-1-northrop-grumman-space-junk.html 26 comments space
- Space Junk Removal Is Not Going Smoothly - Despite promising technology demonstrations, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for the growing problem of taking out the orbital trash https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/space-junk-removal-is-not-going-smoothly/ 7 comments technology
- Space Junk Removal Is Not Going Smoothly - Despite Promising Technology Demonstrations, There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Solution For The Growing Problem Of Taking Out The Orbital Trash https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/space-junk-removal-is-not-going-smoothly/ 15 comments space
- Japan's huge magnetic net will trawl for space junk "Next month, the Japanese space agency, JAXA, will pilot its 'electrodynamic tether' for the first time. It is one of many possible solutions that have been proposed to deal with space debris" http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129534.800-japans-huge-magnetic-net-will-trawl-for-space-junk.html?cmpid=rss%7Cnsns%7C2012-global%7Conline-news#.ut_w__axxuo 53 comments space