Space junk is a growing problem — 200,000 pieces and counting — and because the amount of earth’s orbital debris increases, so does the likelihood some satellite could be considering a cosmic collision. As this could cause much gnashing of teeth and woe for the affected terrestrial parties, some researchers from NASA’s Ames Research Center have pitched the concept of removing said junk with a laser — over again proving that everything’s better with lasers . The concept is to exploit a 5kW ray, just like the one we’ve got on the Starfire Optical Range , to slow our galactic garbage enough to burn it up in earth’s atmosphere. Current estimates say this sort of laser could eliminate ten pieces of junk an afternoon, promising us a way forward for neat and tidy skies.
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