Space Junk
Gantt Chart
Design Brief
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Decision Matrix
Space Junk Incidents
Several mysterious spheres turned up in Australia in the 1960s, with some speculating these balls could be connected with the UFO phenomenon. The metal spheres were later identified as a tank used for drinking water in the Gemini V spacecraft
A secret Soviet-navy satellite called Cosmos 954, which sported a nuclear reactor launched September 18, 1977. It then spiraled out of control. On January 24, 1978, the satellite reentered over Canada and shed debris across the frozen ground of the Canadian arctic
A 15 year old, 286,600 pound space station reentered Earth's atmosphere on March 23, 2001. Though most of it burned up on reentry, 1,500 fragments were found in Fiji
Designs
Common aspects designs share-
All use engines and fly around
Propellant/Fuel- Liquid Hydrogen (same as rockets)
All man-controlled (from Earth or inside machine)
All use engines and fly around
Propellant/Fuel- Liquid Hydrogen (same as rockets)
All man-controlled (from Earth or inside machine)
Collector- Total=33
-Magnetized inside
-Very large to collect all types of space junk
-Door closes and lands on Earth when full, empties out and goes back out
-Remote controlled on Earth
-Magnetized inside
-Very large to collect all types of space junk
-Door closes and lands on Earth when full, empties out and goes back out
-Remote controlled on Earth
Miniship- Total=25
-"Scooper" is magnetized
-Can collect small to medium sized space junk objects
-Controlled by pilot physically steering
-Many can be in space at one time
-"Scooper" door closes when full and lands back on Earth, empties and goes back out
-"Scooper" is magnetized
-Can collect small to medium sized space junk objects
-Controlled by pilot physically steering
-Many can be in space at one time
-"Scooper" door closes when full and lands back on Earth, empties and goes back out
Shover- Total=24
-Shoves things away from Earth
-Remote controlled from Earth
-Momentum also helps move it
-Shoves things away from Earth
-Remote controlled from Earth
-Momentum also helps move it
Best Choice