A small high-tech cube made by Australian engineers and scientists has just been launched into space for the first time – and it could be a solution to the growing space junk problem.
Space is set to become more crowded than ever, with tens of thousands of satellites predicted to be launched into Earth’s orbit over the next decade.
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Space archaeologist Alice Gorman said with that influx of spacecraft would come the waste that they leave behind.
But it is now hoped that technology developed by Adelaide-based company Neumann Space could provide some assistance to cleaning up the mess.
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