Of course not, but I think what was meant was some kind of attraction being
used. I doubt there is much of a ferrous nature in much of the junk either
though.


I was also wondering if water might be able to be used to make the item
less stable in some way. However all the various systems I've seen
described have a high price tag. Ideally you need a device that can not only
change orbits, but inclination and can refuel as well. I envisage a long
term project using a fleet of spacecrafte with ion propulsion.
Actually dealing with the smaller debris is more challenging though.

Brian

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Andre; "PE1PQX" wrote in message
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JF Mezei formuleerde op dinsdag :
On 13-04-23 02:29, Brian Gaff wrote:
I was a little perplexed by an item on the news the other day about a
plan to fly a harpoon based device to bring down space junk.

They need a vacuum cleaner for that :-)
Would that work in space (in a vacuum environment)?