How to prevent space tethers from tangling in microgravity
In short: Watch the STAR team from the University of Padova test a novel mechanism for controlling filamentous tethers during a high-stakes launch simulation at Germany's ZARM Drop Tower.
The experiment, part of the 2016 Drop Your Thesis! programme, addresses the difficulty of managing space tethers that possess infinite degrees of freedom. During a catapult launch, the team focused on the deployment and retrieval of a free-floating probe.
While the team must still analyze months of gathered data, preliminary assessments indicate that the system performed beyond expectations.
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