http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/12/space-junk-near-miss-sends-astronauts-scrambling-into-escape-pod/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:09:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/12/space-junk-near-miss-sends-astronauts-scrambling-into-escape-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-28848 Jason Shields Thu, 28 May 2009 10:23:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/12/space-junk-near-miss-sends-astronauts-scrambling-into-escape-pod/#comment-28848 wow, Why not, lets play kids............the window is disappearing.Dig in and learn.Fight. Good luck my friends, Jason Thomas Shields 46303 IN. Ill keep the light on as long as I can........... wow, Why not, lets play kids…………the window is disappearing.Dig in and learn.Fight. Good luck my friends, Jason Thomas Shields 46303 IN. Ill keep the light on as long as I can………..

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/12/space-junk-near-miss-sends-astronauts-scrambling-into-escape-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-20443 Eliza Strickland Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:04:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/12/space-junk-near-miss-sends-astronauts-scrambling-into-escape-pod/#comment-20443 Net guns sound neat! So does <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123672891900989069.html" rel="nofollow">this proposal for water cannons</a> that would blast debris down towards the atmosphere, where it would burn up. Net guns sound neat! So does this proposal for water cannons that would blast debris down towards the atmosphere, where it would burn up.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/12/space-junk-near-miss-sends-astronauts-scrambling-into-escape-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-20417 Nick Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:48:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/12/space-junk-near-miss-sends-astronauts-scrambling-into-escape-pod/#comment-20417 Net guns! Shoot net guns at the debri to capture it and then de-orbit it with a toss from the robot arm or something. Capture the debris and then use a railgun type device to de-orbit at high velocities. This will have a double function of being able to add velocity to the space station itself, even in miniscule amounts. It will be one way to turn the energy of the solar panels into motive power for the space station. Net guns! Shoot net guns at the debri to capture it and then de-orbit it with a toss from the robot arm or something. Capture the debris and then use a railgun type device to de-orbit at high velocities. This will have a double function of being able to add velocity to the space station itself, even in miniscule amounts. It will be one way to turn the energy of the solar panels into motive power for the space station.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/12/space-junk-near-miss-sends-astronauts-scrambling-into-escape-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-20407 ContainsCaffeine Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:22:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/12/space-junk-near-miss-sends-astronauts-scrambling-into-escape-pod/#comment-20407 This is probably the first time I've read about a space escape pod, and it wasn't sci-fi. This is probably the first time I’ve read about a space escape pod, and it wasn’t sci-fi.

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