18 Mar
2009
18 Mar
'09
11:06 a.m.
That does reduce the impact problem. But a "net" large enough to make a difference would weigh more than the space station. The cost of such a program would be enormous, too large for any single nation to carry. Arthur C. Clarke noted that such a cleanup effort is a pre-requisite for any kind of space elevator. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com>wrote:
My thought was that the snag boats would match the orbital speed of various pieces of debris, by traveling in the same direction. That would get rid of any problem caused by the debris' problem. Just a thought, Joe