Space is getting crowded, and I'm not talking about astronauts.Thousands of pieces of junk are circling Earth at incredible speeds.
Some are dead satellites.Others are leftover rocket parts or fragments from past collisions.
Any one of them could cause serious trouble if it hits a working spacecraft.Now Britain has a pretty wild solution.It's developing a robotic spacecraft with giant claws that can grab dead satellites and move them toward a fiery end in Earth's atmosphere.
Think of a garbage truck in orbit, except this one has to track down its trash while both objects are traveling thousands of miles per hour.The UK is putting roughly $81 million behind the project.And if everything goes according to plan, the mission could change how we deal with the growing mess above our heads.Join our upcoming CyberGuy LIVE class: 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save MoneyIn this free live online class, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will share five practical ways to protect your trip and your wallet this holiday travel season.
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Register free now at CyberGuyLive.com.WILL A FOUR-ARMED ROBOT REPLACE ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE?ClearSpace's robotic capture technology could help remove abandoned satellites before they collide with working spacecraft.(ClearSpace)The UK Space Agency has selected aerospace company ClearSpace UK to develop a spacecraft specifically designed to remove dead satellites from orbit.
The contract is valued at approximately $81 million.The project is part of Britain's Active Debris Removal mission, known as UK ADR.
The spacecraft is targeted for launch in 2029 from SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland's Shetland Islands.Its first job will be to remove two defunct UK-registered satellites fro...