{"667840":{"#nid":"667840","#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;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asdl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAerospace Systems Design Lab\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\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\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/id.gatech.edu\/feature\/space-lace\u0022\u003ERead the full story \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Marks is launching the ancient craft of fishing villages into space vehicle design. 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