Swiss aim to clean up space

(4:24) What are we like! It's only 45 years since Russia's Sputnik 1 (first artificial satellite) was put into Earth's orbit, and already there is so much space junk orbiting the Earth at extremely high speeds (17,000 mph) as to be a real problem. Scientists from Swiss research institute EPFL are developing CleanSpace One, a satellite tasked with cleaning up the mess.

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Guest: HandSolo (454 days ago) Latest comment: Is this straight out of "The Onion"? ReplyVote updown (1)Spam? Add your reply Are you human? Follow the instructions below Submit as guest (your name) Submit as member (username / password) Report as spam

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TheBob (454 days ago) How very Swiss! ReplyVote up (1)downSpam? Add your reply Are you human? Follow the instructions below Submit as guest (your name) Submit as member (username / password) Report as spam