April 3, 2011

Jan Stupl: Solving the space junk problem

In a new paper, CISAC's Jan Stupl and NASA scientists describe a laser system designed to prevent collisions between debris objects in space. Collisions between pieces of so-called space junk can produce new fragments, which also stay in orbit, and potentially lead to a chain-reaction that dramatically increases the risk to active satellites.

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