Media Mention


  1. Tom Simonite, “Static helps satellite swarms in formation,” NewScientistSpace.com, July 22, 2006.
  2. Adam Mann, “Battling Space Junk With a Tractor Beam of Static Electricity,” Wired.com, October 21, 2013.
  3. Sarah Newman, “Could an Electrostatic Beam Clean Up All of Our Space Junk,” Spacenicht.org, October 21, 2013.
  4. George Dvorsky, “How to Clean Up Deadly Space Junk Before Disaster Strikes,” Gizmodo.com, October 10, 2013.
  5. “Πρωτοποριακή μέθοδος για τον καθαρισμό των «σκουπιδιών» του διαστήματος,” www.naftemporiki.gr, Oct. 23 2013.
  6. “Evo kako će se voditi borba protiv svemirskog otpada,” dnevnik.hr, Oct. 23 2013.
  7. “Предложен новый дистанционный способ ликвидации космического мусора,” www.stp.cosmos.ru, Oct. 24 2013.
  8. Brad Plumer, “Space trash is a big problem. These economists have a solution,” The Washington Post, October 24, 2013.
  9. “How Do We Clean Up SPACE JUNK?,” FW: Thinking, Nov 6, 2013.
  10. “Space debris clean up using tractor beam of static electricity,” News Direct, Nov 25, 2013.
  11. Interviewed for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio science program, Quirks & Quarks, October 26, 2013.
  12. Electrostatic Tractor Research Featured on Daily Planet on Discovery Channel, October 2013.
  13. “Collision Point: The Race To Clean Up Space,” Extra Features accompanying the movie ``Gravity'', February 2014.
  14. “Space debris, also known as orbital debris, space junk, and space waste,” spacewastesolutions.com, July 18, 2014.
  15. David R. Schilling, “Space Tugs to Capture Defunct Satellites With Static Electricity, Fling Into Outerspace,” IndustryTap.com, July 28, 2015.
  16. Tereza Pultarova, “Meet the Space Custodians: Debris Cleanup Plans Emerge,” Space.com, April 26, 2017.
  17. Marric Stephens, “Space debris threat to geosynchronous satellites has been drastically underestimated,” physicsworld.com, Dec. 12, 2017.
  18. Lawrence Garrett, “AIAA Member Spotlight: AIAA Profiles AIAA Associate Fellow Dr. Hanspeter Schaub,” AIAA.org , April 20, 2018.
  19. Hendrik Sybrandy, “Researchers develop solution for problem of ‘space junk’,” america.cgtn.com , August 20, 2018.
  20. M. Bengston, " Focusing on safety with aircraft icing tests, radiation risk management and wake turbulence studies," Aerospace America, Dec. 2020.
  21. "An experiment by an aerospace engineer from Granada will travel on a Blue Origin rocket in microgravity conditions," ABCandalucia, March 10, 2021.
  22. "The Invention Of An Andalusian Engineer Will Travel On The New Shepard Rocket," Seville Daily, March 10, 2021.
  23. Daniel Strain, "Crashing Chinese rocket highlights growing dangers of space debris", CU Boulder Daily, May 12, 2021.
  24. Daniel Karel, "Earth's space junk problem is getting worse", salon.com, November 11, 2021.
  25. Tatyana Woodall, "Need more air in space? Magnets could yank it out of water.", Popular Science, August, 2022
  26. Dan Strain, "Space tractor beams may not be the stuff of sci-fi for long.", CU Boulder Today, June 1, 2023
  27. Frank Landymore, "Scientists Experimenting With Actual Tractor Beam To Clean Up Space Junk.", Futurism.com, June 5, 2023
  28. Douglas Helm, "The Tractor Beam Is No Longer A Sci-Fi Fantasy", Giant Freaking Robot, 2023
  29. Carl Seubert, "Visiting Researcher tours SmartSat’s Sydney partner facilities, SmartSat CRC, June 20, 2023
  30. "UniSA, SmartSat CRC and partners commit $7 million to develop AI-enabled spacecraft that operate autonomously, University of South Australia, July 4, 2023.
  31. Olivia Doak, "‘He always had time for me’: CU Boulder professor wins prize for combining teaching, research", Boulder Daily Camera, July 16, 2023
  32. Harry Baker, "Sci-fi inspired tractor beams are real, and could solve a major space junk problem", LiveScience.com, Oct. 29, 2023.
  33. Nikhil Tiwari, "Space Cleanup: Sci-Fi inspires real-life 'tractor beam' to tackle orbital debris," The Tatva, Nov. 9, 2023.
  34. Jana Unterrainer, "Traktorstrahl aus Star Trek soll Realität werden," FutureZone.at, Nov. 13, 2023.
  35. Addy Bink, "We’re surrounded by space junk: What is it, and should you be worried?, kvdr.com, Nov. 18, 2023