Japan’s Electric Whip Will Snare Space Junk


Japan wants what is essentially a giant electric whip on a cargo ship to take on the problem of space junk.

The electrodynamic tether, or EDT, is made with the help of 106-year-old fishing net company Nitto Seimo. The Japanese space program, JAXA, plans to launch EDT as “a promising candidate to de-orbit the debris objects at low cost.” In its press release, JAXA states that the space junk cleanup is needed “to preserve the outer space environment for future generations.”

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a24246/japan-to-launch-electric-whip-into-space/

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