Sputnik Stan

[Jonathan Smith]

The business could get lucrative at some point. It si a mess up there, I am
told!

China are serious about space exploration. IMHO they are the ones who will
make the next big advances, with Russia's help.

On 20 February 2012 17:01, Mike Holmes <fofp at staffmail.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 20/02/2012 00:44, Jonathan Smith wrote:
>
>  On 17 February 2012 21:59, Mike Holmes<fofp at staffmail.ed.ac.uk**>  wrote:
>>
>>  Or perhaps Sputnik Heidi:
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/****2012/02/16/swiss_junk_**
>>> grabber_**satellite/<http://www.theregister.co.uk/**2012/02/16/swiss_junk_grabber_**satellite/>
>>> <http://**www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/**16/swiss_junk_grabber_**
>>> satellite/<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/16/swiss_junk_grabber_satellite/>
>>> >
>>>
>>
>  The Swiss are so clean and efficient! :)
>>
>
> Apparently they only have two satellites up there, but are determined to
> tidy up after themselves. If their project works though, they may find an
> industry in others buying the units to clear their own defunct sats.
>
> Unless someone starts doing something, more large pieces will collide with
> other large pieces and start a cascade which results in a ring of 17,500mph
> crap which is lethal to spacemen and sat launches alike. At that point,
> insuring a space launch would be about as likely as life insurance on a
> suicide bomber.
>
> The later they leave the cleanup, the more expensive it's gonna be.
>
> FoFP
>
>
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