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Scientists Experimenting With Actual Tractor Beam to Clean Up Space Junk

From their experiments, the researchers calculate that their tractor beam could be used to move debris weighing several tons.

The idea of an actual space tractor beam to help deal with space debris moves closer

The researchers are drawing on one of the oldest tropes in science fiction: tractor beams like the ones the Starship Enterprise uses to safely move asteroids out of the way

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Space tractor beams may not be the stuff of sci-fi for long

One day, small spacecraft could fly around Earth, using devices called electron beams to remove hulking, derelict spacecraft from orbit without ever having to touch. It may sound like science fiction, but aerospace engineers from CU Boulder say they could be ready to test the idea in space in just five to 10 years.

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