https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-lab-wins-contract-to-launch-space-junk-removal-satellite/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:24:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-lab-wins-contract-to-launch-space-junk-removal-satellite/#comment-1192526 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:24:08 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=79326#comment-1192526 Part of new space is dealing with the junk that is there now, and when we start looking, there might be some surprises.
On the subject of ‘stuff that orbits’, I recommend the Sci Fi book ‘Orbital Cloud’ by Taiyo Fujii.
A description of this book starts “In the year 2020, Kazumi Kimura, proprietor of shooting star forecast website Meteor News, notices some suspicious orbiting space debris. Rumors spread online that the debris is actually an orbital weapon targeting the International Space Station. Halfway across the world, at NORAD….”.

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