The Quiet Weapon Orbiting Above Us
At first glance, it’s just another solution to space junk. A small, silent device designed to clean Earth’s orbit without explosions or spectacle. But the more you sit with it, the more uneasy it feels.
I still can’t stop thinking about a quiet space “launcher” China just revealed — something that feels straight out of science fiction.
Engineers designed this compact device to fling nets at dangerous junk circling Earth. It uses an old-school gunpowder push but hides the flash, vibration and smoke you’d expect. It’s clever engineering — clean, precise, almost invisible in action.
What fascinated me most wasn’t the tech itself, but the blur between helping clean up orbit and the unsettling possibility that the same gadget might be repurposed in ways no one talks about openly.
