UM-Bot Posted February 6, 2017 #1 Share Posted February 6, 2017 The experimental tether had been designed to help solve the problem of space junk in Earth's orbit. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/303531/japans-space-junk-tether-fails-to-deploy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taniwha Posted February 6, 2017 #2 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Oh dear, one more piece of junk to dodge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 6, 2017 #3 Share Posted February 6, 2017 1 hour ago, taniwha said: Oh dear, one more piece of junk to dodge Not at all. The tether isn't space junk because it didn't deploy, and even if it had it would have remained attached to the HTV (which is the entire point of a tether). The HTV isn't space junk as it was deliberately re-entered (as have all previous HTV craft) once it's mission was completed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted February 6, 2017 #4 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Bummer, we really do need to clean up that mess for the safety of our astronauts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khol Posted February 6, 2017 #5 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Kudos to Japan for stepping up and trying to tackle this problem.It will just get worse if left unattended. Humans leave a trail of muck everywhere they go 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geraldnewfie Posted February 6, 2017 #6 Share Posted February 6, 2017 more junk, least spacex got smart and is using renewable rockets, maybe get them to design the junk grabber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 6, 2017 #7 Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) 17 minutes ago, geraldnewfie said: more junk, Nope, please read my earlier post. 17 minutes ago, geraldnewfie said: least spacex got smart and is using renewable rockets, Except they only recover the first stage, which doesn't enter orbit anyway.The second stage, which does enter orbit, isn't recoverable. In other words SpaceX recoverable technology does exactly zero to help alleviate the space junk problem. 17 minutes ago, geraldnewfie said: maybe get them to design the junk grabber Then we can watch it explode on the pad when they try and fuel it. Edited February 6, 2017 by Waspie_Dwarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geraldnewfie Posted February 25, 2017 #8 Share Posted February 25, 2017 On 2/6/2017 at 4:01 PM, Waspie_Dwarf said: Nope, please read my earlier post. Except they only recover the first stage, which doesn't enter orbit anyway.The second stage, which does enter orbit, isn't recoverable. In other words SpaceX recoverable technology does exactly zero to help alleviate the space junk problem. Then we can watch it explode on the pad when they try and fuel it. guess you didnt watch newest flight they did, landed perfect with no explosion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 25, 2017 #9 Share Posted February 25, 2017 20 minutes ago, geraldnewfie said: guess you didnt watch newest flight they did, landed perfect with no explosion Two successes in a row is nothing to shout about when Ariane 5 has just had it's 77th consecutive success and ULA have never had a failure since they formed in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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