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Sci-fi inspired tractor beams are real, and could solve a major space junk problem

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Sci-fi inspired tractor beams are real, and could solve a major space junk problem

www.livescience.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit to alleviate the space junk problem.

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Probably just has a relatively short mission profile.
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  They say their tool is cost effective as it can be used for a long time, so who knows.

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