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[Interview+] Removing Space Debris with Real-Life Star Trek Tech
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BONUS PART STARTS AT 24:29
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🟣 Guest: Amy Haft
📜 Spacecraft electrostatic tractor using a power-constrained pulsed high-energy high-current electron beam https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027311772600075X?via%3Dihub
The number of satellites constantly grows. As the result, space debris is becoming more and more of a concern. A new study suggests using practically real-life Star Trek tech to use an electron tractor beam to tug broken satellites around the orbit.
00:00 Intro
01:11 The state of space debris
04:25 Satellite tractor beam
14:07 Alternative applications
24:29 Tracking objects via plasma trails
39:23 Current obsessions
44:29 Final thoughts