Mackie_Macheath
Mackie_Macheath t1_jd2j9hh wrote
Reply to comment by Zkootz in 10 months after its launch by SpaceX, a $10,000 satellite made by students with off-the-shelf materials and powered by 48 Energizer AA batteries, is not only working, it's demonstrating a way to reduce space junk by lughnasadh
Orient the satellite different so the chute creates less drag or move even over the long trajectory slightly sidewards.
Mackie_Macheath t1_j6jmv09 wrote
Reply to comment by Likes_The_Scotch in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
You actually can but you have to be pretty good at soldering.
Mackie_Macheath t1_jd2lbb7 wrote
Reply to comment by dnhs47 in 10 months after its launch by SpaceX, a $10,000 satellite made by students with off-the-shelf materials and powered by 48 Energizer AA batteries, is not only working, it's demonstrating a way to reduce space junk by lughnasadh
But connecting those chutes to old satellites/existing space debris can be a huge challenge. It's already challenging when both units are under full control and can communicate with each other. When the rogue object is moving without control it can be rotating in any direction.