Sounds a bit frightening and prone to nasty accidents to me.


Besides the speed the bigger masses are moving at would need one heck of a
strong cable to keep tethered together, and any elasticity could mean they
collide and disintigrate giving rise to more smaller bits of junk.




Brian

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"JF Mezei" wrote in message
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On 13-04-24 03:19, Brian Gaff wrote:

described have a high price tag. Ideally you need a device that can not
only
change orbits, but inclination and can refuel as well.

But If you have a harpoon and a good coputer, you don't need to be in
the same orbit. You just target a piece of debris and launch harpoon in
the right direction at the right time so it hits the piece of debris as
it flies by in different direction/altitude. Once grappled, let Newton
do the rest.

The combo harpoon and debris now have a new combined orbit. Harpoon can
now recalculate when to launch another harpoon to grapple another piece
of debris that will pass by. etc etc