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Africa-Press – Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>As Professor Jake Abbott from the University of Utah explained, collecting space debris via robotic arms may not be feasible because the majority of it is spinning, which could actually lead to said robotic arm being broken and more debris being formed.<\/p>\n

Mankind\u2019s activities may result in our planet acquiring rings akin to those circling Saturn, The Salt Lake City Tribune reports. As the newspaper warns, this development may come to pass due to the vast amount of space debris accumulating in our planet\u2019s orbit, with some 170 million pieces of it already out there.<\/p>\n

While the majority of space debris is comprised of relatively small pieces, about 23,000 of them are “larger than a softball,” as the newspaper puts it, and are “concerning enough to be tracked by the Department of Defense.”<\/p>\n

Space debris may pose danger to space and orbital missions, and can also fall down to Earth, though in most instances it breaks up in the atmosphere. With some 7,500 metric tonnes of space debris already in Earth\u2019s orbit, this amount is expected to grow exponentially unless the matter is addressed, the newspaper adds.<\/p>\n

A possible solution proposed by Abbott involves the creative use of magnets, as the professor notes that robotic manipulators may not be suited for space debris collection.<\/p>\n

The method proposed by Abbott involves using magnets, controlled force, and torque to slow these spinning pieces of debris, moving them around, and eventually collecting them.<\/p>\n

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