One company creates a space tow truck

There are more than planets and stars in space. There's a lot of debris too, more than 9,000 tons worth in 2022, according to NASA's Orbital Debris Program Office. It includes things like satellites that are no longer in use and debris deliberately released during space missions. As space travel grows, so does the amount of debris, which could ultimately pose a risk to Earth.

ClearSpace aims to solve that problem. The company's founder and CEO, Luc Piguet, tells Asking for a Trend's Josh Lipton that the company is developing a "robotic retrieval system" that essentially functions as a tow ...