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Why Europe’s Space Agency Is Spending $US103 ($140) Million to Remove a Single Piece of Space Junk – Gizmodo Australia
The European Space Agency has signed a historic deal with Swiss startup ClearSpace to remove a single item of space debris in 2025. The $US103 ($140) million price…
The European Space Agency has signed a historic deal with Swiss startup ClearSpace to remove a single item of space debris in 2025. The $US103 ($140) million price tag is steep, but this mission involving an orbiting, mouth-like net could herald the beginning of an entirely new space industry.
The new contract, announced late last week, is unique in that the mission will involve the first removal of an item of space debris from orbit, according to ESA. ClearSpace, a spin-off of the Ecole Polytechnique…
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