DARPA is slowly making headway in its ambitious quest to harvest functioning parts from otherwise dead satellites . The agency today released a new video revealing some early lab work surrounding the Phoenix Program. In the clip, DARPA addresses one of the key challenges facing researchers: finding a reliable method of fastening antennas and other satellite pieces together in the middle of outer space. Two approaches to non-mechanical adhesion are currently undergoing testing

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DARPA shows how ambitious satellite scavenger project could work

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