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pandemic_region ◴[03 Apr 25 11:46 UTC] No.43568229[source]▶

Is this problem solvable by something similar to https://theoceancleanup.com/ ? The search space is much larger, granted, but once you figure out a way to efficiently spot a piece of debris, you could use a <insert name of magical device here> to bump the debris towards outer space?

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1. Rebelgecko ◴[03 Apr 25 20:28 UTC] No.43574955[source]▶

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Pushing things deeper into space is tricky because you need to increase both sides of the orbit. It's more common to push things down (or increase atmospheric drag) so that even if the top of the orbit initially stays in a problematic area, the low side gets lower and lower until the object is deornited

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