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This is just too cool not to share, the idea is to build a bigger laser capable of moving space junk around and not to break up the space junk into smaller pieces that will make it harder to track.
I'd have to wonder about other uses for the laser such as shooting down North Korean ICBM's
Australian scientists plan to use lasers to shoot space junk | Daily Mail Online
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I'd have to wonder about other uses for the laser such as shooting down North Korean ICBM's
Australian military defence contractor Electro Optic Systems has developed a laser capable of pushing space debris in orbit around so collisions can be avoided.
The company, under its EOS Space Systems arm based in Mt Stromlo near Canberra, will use lasers to track space junk and then another higher powered laser to avoid impacts by nudging the debris.
Professor Craig Smith, from EOS Space Systems, said researchers had developed a photon pressure laser that was 'able to nudge space debris objects around, change their orbits.'
Read more: Australian scientists plan to use lasers to shoot space junk | Daily Mail Online
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Australian scientists plan to use lasers to shoot space junk | Daily Mail Online
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