{"667618":{"#nid":"667618","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Space Lace: Net Fishing in Low Earth Orbit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Marks is launching the ancient craft of fishing villages into space vehicle design. Her work adapting traditional textile handcraft to modern problems created a unique opportunity for collaboration cleaning up space debris.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov\/remediation\/\u0022\u003ENASA\u0027s Orbital Debris Program Office\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(OPDO), this debris jeopardizes future space projects. Large objects like rocket bodies and non-functional satellites are the source of fragmentation debris.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe OPDO website says removal of even five of the highest-risk objects per year could stabilize the low Earth orbit debris environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA research team with members from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asdl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAerospace Systems Design Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ssdl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESpace Systems Design Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has developed a concept using a net to capture and de-orbit large debris.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA mutual connection at Tech\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGVU\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;recommended that the team speak to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/id.gatech.edu\/people\/lisa-marks\u0022\u003ELisa Marks\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the School of Industrial Design, based on her work combining traditional textile with new materials and methods.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EPutting Textiles in Space Requires Creative Expertise\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of different projects on space debris happening all around the world,\u201d Marks said, \u201cand there\u2019ve been a few concept papers talking about using a net.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBut all the drawings of the net are basic concepts, just a square with a few hatches through it. No one has figured out what that net might be.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarks researches ways to combine traditional textile handcraft with algorithmic modeling. \u201cI specialize in analyzing the shape of every stitch and how we can use that stitch differently. Can we create new patterns through coding, or make it larger and out of wood?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt allows me to think really creatively about how we can use different textiles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis innovative, exploratory approach is a natural fit to create a net for a job no has ever done. \u201cThere\u0027s a lot of technical considerations with this,\u201d Marks said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt must pack incredibly small, weigh very little, and still be strong enough to capture and drag a rocket fuselage. There are considerations just for a material to exist in space. It needs to have low UV reactivity, low off gassing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe need to understand every single little aspect of each of these techniques in order to do this.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EStatic Nets Catch Fish; Slippery Nets Catch Rockets\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarks is working with Teflon, using the same knots used for fishing nets, but the non-traditional material means the nets work differently than fishing nets, she said. \u201cThese knots are made to be static, because you don\u2019t want fish to get through the nets. But because Teflon is so slippery, the knots move around.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think it will help the net\u2019s strength, because the net will deform around irregular shapes before it breaks. What makes it unsuitable for fishing and annoying to work with becomes a huge benefit for what we need it to do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome traditional handcraft techniques are dying out, and Marks sees projects like this as a reason preserving these techniques is important. \u201cWe don\u2019t know what problems we\u2019re going to have to solve in the future, and these crafts can be used in really surprising ways.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI would not have thought, \u2018Netted filet lace, that\u2019s how we\u2019re going to solve a space problem!\u2019 But if we lose this type of lace, we can\u2019t solve space problems with it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESpace debris creates problems for future space missions. A team from GTRI has developed a concept for active debris removal using a net. Lisa Marks is adapting traditional textile handcraft using modern materials to design a net that will be strong, light, pack tightly, and survive in space.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lisa Marks is designing a net to capture space debris."}],"uid":"34590","created_gmt":"2023-05-03 14:42:13","changed_gmt":"2023-05-25 13:51:59","author":"km86","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670727":{"id":"670727","type":"video","title":"Hands Tying a Net Knot","body":"\u003Cp\u003ETop-down, slow motion view of hands tying a traditional fishing net knot\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1683126731","gmt_created":"2023-05-03 15:12:11","changed":"1683126762","gmt_changed":"2023-05-03 15:12:42","video":{"youtube_id":"7xYUrZpW3Vk","video_url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7xYUrZpW3Vk"}},"670723":{"id":"670723","type":"image","title":"Active Debris Removal concept diagram","body":"\u003Cp\u003EImage courtesy of Georgia Tech Research Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDiagram showing concept of active space debris removal. 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