Sci-fi inspired tractor beams are real, and could solve a major space junk problem (www.livescience.com)

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[-] awnery@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

i'm guessing this was on some scifi writer's bingo card, if didn't explicitly write about it: strap a person into a small craft for 36 months of service and they zoom around earth's orbit zapping space trash while limbs and mind atrophy, drinking own piss, watching videos of life on earth, kids growing up etc, just to pay for an extra three years of health care

edit: hopefully drones can do that job tho

this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023

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