It seems that the latest space shuttle mission which left the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on 11th May 2009, has hit a slight glitch. The lift off appeared to go quite smoothly, however, upon close examination of the lift off footage from one of the cameras mounted on the fuel tank, clearly show some debris hitting the underside of the shuttle. Thankfully,...
Avoid your satellite turning into junk by using a sail.
EADS are proposing to add sails to satellites EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space company) have come up with an idea to reduce the number of future satellites from turning into space junk. The idea proposed by EADS is the addition of “sails” such that orbiting satellites could passively drag themselves back to earth when no longer...