Comments on: ESA signs contract for 1st space junk removal https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/esa-signs-contract-for-1st-space-junk-removal/ Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:49:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marcus https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/esa-signs-contract-for-1st-space-junk-removal/#comment-1096398 Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:49:46 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=71357#comment-1096398 It also removes large junk that could at some point become thousands of pieces of small junk after a collision. So a good thing even if not large enough to threaten the earth.

I would also guess the quickest way to find more economical methods of removal is to start flying and learning. If we wait for the economical method to appear first, it may never arrive or arrive too late to be useful.

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