Briefs: Orbital debris updates; Rocketing spy planes; Risky endeavours

Jesse Londin reports on the latest issue (pdf) of the Orbital Debris Quarterly News, which is published by the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office. I thought the article titled A Preliminary Active Debris Removal Study was particularly interesting.
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A reader points me this article about DARPA's plans to investigate the feasibility of inserting NearSpace aircraft above trouble spots via rocket deployment: Future Mars Craft Inspires High-Tech Spy Plane - SPACE.com
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NASA Watch posts links to two articles about the Risk and Exploration Symposium that took place earlier this week:
* Extreme Explorers Discuss Martian Sand Dunes, Cat 5 Hurricanes, Exploding Shuttles - Wired Science
* Dude, Where's My Moon Rover? - Wired Science

Posted 10/31/07 | 21:23:10 by TopSpacer | Filed under: General

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The hard part is not folding up the airplane
or even the high altitude system.

The hard part is stopping the package at
high altitude.

the design challenge for this is insane

Posted by anonymous at 10/31/07 22:03:13

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