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Space Debris Remediation Seen As A New Business Area

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dump...@hotmail.com

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Dec 14, 2009, 7:05:34 PM12/14/09
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"Last week NASA and DARPA sponsored the
first-ever International Conference on Orbital
Debris Removal. This was a completely
unrestricted and open two-and-one-half intense
days of "trash talk" about the nature of space
debris, possible approaches to a solution and
legal aspects."

See:

http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Space_Debris_Remediation_Seen_As_A_New_Business_Area_999.html

Sylvia Else

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Dec 14, 2009, 7:15:27 PM12/14/09
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I can't see anything getting done until so many satellites are getting
trashed that the cost of doing nothing is seen as higher than the cost
of doing something.

Sylvia.

trigonometry1972@gmail.com |

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Dec 14, 2009, 7:35:33 PM12/14/09
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On Dec 14, 4:15 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote:

> dumpst...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > "Last week NASA and DARPA sponsored the
> > first-ever International Conference on Orbital
> > Debris Removal. This was a completely
> > unrestricted and open two-and-one-half intense
> > days of "trash talk" about the nature of space
> > debris, possible approaches to a solution and
> > legal aspects."
>
> > See:
>
> >http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Space_Debris_Remediation_Seen_As_A_N...

>
> I can't see anything getting done until so many satellites are getting
> trashed that the cost of doing nothing is seen as higher than the cost
> of doing something.
>
> Sylvia.

Which might mean nothing ever is done. This is the commons all over
again. A cow or sheep for every blade of grass until
the commons can't support a cow or a satellite.

Sylvia Else

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Dec 14, 2009, 8:01:39 PM12/14/09
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Certainly for individuals it's probably cheaper to build and launch
armour plated satellites. Of course, when two of them collide.....

Sylvia.

Invid Fan

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Dec 18, 2009, 12:34:02 PM12/18/09
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In article <009f6334$0$1597$c3e...@news.astraweb.com>, Sylvia Else
<syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote:

If then :) There's a Japanese hard SF TV series about space debris
collection which assumes it would take a ship being destroyed by trash
before the job gets even minimal funding.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes

--
Chris Mack "If we show any weakness, the monsters will get cocky!"
'Invid Fan' - 'Yokai Monsters Along With Ghosts'

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