Huge Magnetic Net vs Space Junk

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Japan's space agency is going to soon test its "electrodynamic tether" for the first time- all in the name of getting dangerous space junk away from satellites and spacecrafts! In this method, JAXA has paired up with a company that specializes in fishing equipment to attract debris to a 700-meter-long mesh of aluminum and steel wires that hangs from an unmanned spacecraft. Will it work? How can we stop the space junk problem? Kim Horcher, Tim Frisch, and special guest Matthew Mercer discuss!

*Read more form New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129534.800-japans-huge-magnetic-net-will-trawl-for-space-junk.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.Uu1103ddUaO

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Get connected to hear more about his fantasy musical project starring Ash Burch (of Borderlands 2) in the coming weeks!

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