Catch 'em, drag 'em, blast 'em

摘要

Using a net is just one of the many proposed solutions to the orbital debris problem (see main story). Sweep it up: A team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne is building a robot, CleanSpaceOne, to sweep up junk. It will deploy grippers inspired by jellyfish to embrace the target before steering itself on a suicide dive into Earth's atmosphere.