Blasting Using Optic Lasers is Scientists' Solution to Space Debris

Spacecrafts have been going in outer space for years in order to look for other planets while space satellites' purpose is to go with the earth's ring to study those planets and know more about them as per the report of Benchmark Reporter news.

Since the satellite is revolving around with other debris, there is a possible threat on the safety of both the spacecraft and the satellite if they hit orbiting debris made up of junk.  This is what worries the scientists as the debris may crush or destroy a very expensive piece of equipment.

A team of space researchers have come up with ways to eliminate the debris like putting up nets, gas clouds or sails to collect the moving debris but the issue persists as these methods only collect the bigger pieces.

A scientists' panel has developed a credible system to shoot the debris using a laser.  With this system, it will use mainly of two components: a fiber optic laser which is highly efficient and a telescope with wide field view and being developed by Japan's EUSO team.  The testing is done at Riken research institute in Japan.

The high resolution telescope was made to be able to detect some ultraviolet lights emitted by its lens which came from the high energy cosmic rays which enters the atmosphere of the earth during night time.

According to the leader of the project, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, he realized that the telescope can also detect high velocity fragments of any debris during twilight.  The system can instruct the optical laser to pinpoint the telescope's intense and powerful pulse of light on the debris to destroy it.  The plasma ablation heats up a part of the debris and eventually turn it to plasma.  The plasma will then turn on its side, create a mild thrust then sends it downward so it can burn when entering the earth's atmosphere.