When Dirk Raider fires his Death Ray at the planet, TADRAA reflects and absorbs the beam. The Death Ray destroying individual particles of TADRAA instead of destroying the planet.
Maybe they could handle it the same way they do cows with hardware disease – just put a big magnet in orbit and eventually it will pull all the junk in.
I believe Martians have a device that swallows up nuclear weapons and then the Martians inhale it. Maybe that device could be rigged to swallow space junk. Oh that’s right, the Martians are not happy with us because we keep parking dead cars on their surface.
Real problems get going when the (relative to the target) velocity of the tiny bit of old exploded bolt, say, gets way up there (past anything we can test here on Terra); it vaporizes part of the target, and part of the crater becomes even more debris, at partial velocity in several directions.From my old EMC boss, who was also the local expert, and had seen no real solutions for the problem.I always liked the big, rubberized (Kevlar?) mat idea, hanging from a tether, sturdy enough to absorb the impacts and sticky enough to hang onto the projectiles.We better start doing something soon, or it will become too risky for anybody to launch!
rayannina over 13 years ago
Iron Eyes Cody, he’s not.
margueritem over 13 years ago
He did ‘something’, which is better than nothing, I guess…
Bilan over 13 years ago
But wasn’t it engineers that put the junk there in the first place?
:)Nebulous Premium Member over 13 years ago
Fools! That’s one of Earth’s main defenses.
The Ablative Death Ray Armor Array.
When Dirk Raider fires his Death Ray at the planet, TADRAA reflects and absorbs the beam. The Death Ray destroying individual particles of TADRAA instead of destroying the planet.
.That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
x_Tech over 13 years ago
Must be a new sign…No bullet holes. And completely ignored.
Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago
What we need are garbage collection satellites that collect as much junk as they can and splash into an ocean so it can be recycled.
cdward over 13 years ago
I believe they had a solution in the movie “Space Balls”. Mega Maid!
GoodQuestion Premium Member over 13 years ago
GASP!!! Cliff showing signs of competence…….☻
TheSpanishInquisition over 13 years ago
Jimmy Carter tried that, Cliff.
Digital Frog over 13 years ago
Maybe they could handle it the same way they do cows with hardware disease – just put a big magnet in orbit and eventually it will pull all the junk in.
Varnes over 13 years ago
That’s a good idea, Cliff! Fine them!
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML over 13 years ago
“PIGS IN SPACE…..!!!!!!”(remember?)
saltydog85 over 13 years ago
I believe Martians have a device that swallows up nuclear weapons and then the Martians inhale it. Maybe that device could be rigged to swallow space junk. Oh that’s right, the Martians are not happy with us because we keep parking dead cars on their surface.
Sherlock Watson over 13 years ago
Maybe the people who don’t want the junk can just “re-gift” it, like those constantly traveling holiday fruitcakes.
Kroykali over 13 years ago
Cliff: “I’m an engineer, not a doctor!”
pbarnrob over 13 years ago
Real problems get going when the (relative to the target) velocity of the tiny bit of old exploded bolt, say, gets way up there (past anything we can test here on Terra); it vaporizes part of the target, and part of the crater becomes even more debris, at partial velocity in several directions.From my old EMC boss, who was also the local expert, and had seen no real solutions for the problem.I always liked the big, rubberized (Kevlar?) mat idea, hanging from a tether, sturdy enough to absorb the impacts and sticky enough to hang onto the projectiles.We better start doing something soon, or it will become too risky for anybody to launch!