Comments on: NASA needs strategic plan to manage orbital debris efforts http://www.kurzweilai.net/nasa-needs-strategic-plan-to-manage-orbital-debris-efforts Accelerating Intelligence Sun, 19 May 2013 16:13:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Brian H http://www.kurzweilai.net/nasa-needs-strategic-plan-to-manage-orbital-debris-efforts/comment-page-1#comment-4677 Brian H Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:11:11 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=127634#comment-4677 Big blobs of aerogel in suitable orbits. Stuff would embed, and the high drag of the aerogel would bring it down rather quickly. Or tiny pressurized gas jets could lower it into atmospheric contact, which would rapidly de-orbit it. Big blobs of aerogel in suitable orbits. Stuff would embed, and the high drag of the aerogel would bring it down rather quickly. Or tiny pressurized gas jets could lower it into atmospheric contact, which would rapidly de-orbit it.

]]> By: eldras http://www.kurzweilai.net/nasa-needs-strategic-plan-to-manage-orbital-debris-efforts/comment-page-1#comment-4619 eldras Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:07:02 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=127634#comment-4619 I used to worry about this years ago possibly incited by Clarke's writings. But I believe machines will be designed and build by intelligent technology that take care of this: If the primative robot hoovers we have now can clean basic floors and charge themselves, I anticipate semi-permanant self-charging space cleaners. I also suspect that 'natural' junk is more of a problem, and bits of meteorites in space are hard to anticipate presently, though I may be ill-informed. I used to worry about this years ago possibly incited by Clarke’s writings.

But I believe machines will be designed and build by intelligent technology that take care of this:

If the primative robot hoovers we have now can clean basic floors and charge themselves, I anticipate semi-permanant self-charging space cleaners.

I also suspect that ‘natural’ junk is more of a problem, and bits of meteorites in space are hard to anticipate presently, though I may be ill-informed.

]]> By: RobinSongs http://www.kurzweilai.net/nasa-needs-strategic-plan-to-manage-orbital-debris-efforts/comment-page-1#comment-4607 RobinSongs Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:19:26 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=127634#comment-4607 The late Arthur C. Clarke was a proponent of the Space Elevator and I remember him saying in an interview that debris was going to be a major problem and perhaps make the Space Elevator impractical. He imagined a huge broom-like "sweeper" sweeping through space could perhaps clear up the mess up there. He talks about it in this YT video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZSrAoMzRm8 The late Arthur C. Clarke was a proponent of the Space Elevator and I remember him saying in an interview that debris was going to be a major problem and perhaps make the Space Elevator impractical.

He imagined a huge broom-like “sweeper” sweeping through space could perhaps clear up the mess up there. He talks about it in this YT video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZSrAoMzRm8

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