What if NASA launched a spacecraft specially designed not for research or space exploration, but to pick up the increasing amount of trash accumulating in orbit and increasingly endangering satellites and astronauts?
About Patrick J. Kiger, Science Writer. Patrick J. Kiger has written from print publications ranging from GQ to the Los Angeles Times, and is a longtime contributor to Discovery.com, HowStuffWorks, and other web sites.
For several years, he wrote the Science Channel's "Is This a Good Idea?" blog, and we are proud to have him back! He's also the author of Science Channel's Story of the Week Feature and Creator of Head Rush Science Experiments for Kids.
Patrick is also the co-author, with Martin J. Smith, of Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore that Shaped Modern America HarperResource, 2004), and Oops: 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America (Collins, 2006). Both are now available on Kindle.
You can see more of his work at www.patrickjkiger.com
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