Japan Plans to Remove Space Junk with a ‘Magnetic’ Fishing Net

Mashable 2014-07-29

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is working with a fishing equipment company to create net that can grab debris like you’d catch a trout. It will reportedly create a magnetic field to attract junk orbiting the Earth.
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