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[Interview+] Removing Space Debris with Real-Life Star Trek Tech

46 min‱29 april 2026

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🟣 Guest: Amy Haft

📜 Spacecraft electrostatic tractor using a power-constrained pulsed high-energy high-current electron beam https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027311772600075X?via%3Dihub

The number of satellites constantly grows. As the result, space debris is becoming more and more of a concern. A new study suggests using practically real-life Star Trek tech to use an electron tractor beam to tug broken satellites around the orbit.

  • 00:00 Intro

  • 01:11 The state of space debris

  • 04:25 Satellite tractor beam

  • 14:07 Alternative applications

  • 24:29 Tracking objects via plasma trails

  • 39:23 Current obsessions

  • 44:29 Final thoughts

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