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Japanese startup plans to vaporize space junk using ground lasers
To combat the issue of space debris, Australia’s EOS Space and Japan’s EX-Fusion will develop a laser system to remove it from Earth’s orbit.EX-Fusion, an Osaka-based startup, plans to develop a ground-based laser system to help knock out space junk from the ground. This innovative approach, if successful, could be a valuable way of clearing up the increasingly crowded space around our homeworld.
Zapping junk with lasers
Space junk, or space debris, refers to defunct human-made objects in Earth’s orbit, like old satellites and spent rocket stages. These fragments, varying in size, pose collision risks to operational spacecraft and the International Space Station. Even debris as small as a few millimeters can create problems when it hits functioning satellites and spaceships.
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Japanese startup plans to vaporize space junk using ground lasers
EX-Fusion, a startup based in Osaka, is attempting to remove tiny pieces of space debris by firing laser beams from the ground.
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