Science
European Space Agency is sending a giant claw into orbit to clean up space junk – CNET
The Claw is our master. The Claw chooses who will go and who will stay.
The Claaaaaaaaaaaaawwww…
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There are roughly 2,800 live satellites currently orbiting Earth. That’s a lot, but it’s absolutely nothing compared to the amount of defunct objects — AKA space junk — also circling the globe.
Scientists estimate that almost 3,000 dead satellites are currently orbiting our planet, which doesn’t account for the 900,000 pieces of debris, less than 10 centimetres long, that could potentially cause a catastrophe should it hit the wrong satellite at the wrong…
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