The sky at clear nights is usually a beautiful sight, lit with all those stars and other heavenly bodies. However, in real, it may not be all that heavenly, given the sheer amount of debris that is floating around in the space. Most of this debris has been generated by us humans.
Beoing seems to have come up with a very unique idea to get rid of this debris and the company has already patented the idea. In a patent application, the company elaborates that by shooting a cryoigenic inert gas towards a piece of debris, it would slow down the speed of the body and then let it move into Earth’s atmosphere and burn itself to nothing. (more…)
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