# 25. Solar Sailing, Preventing Cyber Attacks, Space Trash Robot

- Show: [The Next Byte Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast)
- Published: 2021-07-06
- Length: 21m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-07-06-25-solar-sailing-preventing-cyber-attacks-space-trash-robot
- Listen: https://the-next-byte-wevolver.simplecast.com/episodes/25-solar-sailing-preventing-cyber-attacks-space-trash-robot-9AFO4BTK

## Summary

Hosts Daniel and Forbode discuss three engineering topics: NASA's development of a packable carbon composite boom for deployable solar sails, Columbia University researchers' creation of a zero-overhead memory attack prevention system called 'Zero', and Embry-Riddle University students' design of a solar-sail-powered robot to clean up space debris. The conversation covers the materials science behind the booms, the technical mechanism of the security tool, and the operational logic of the space trash collector.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-07-06-25-solar-sailing-preventing-cyber-attacks-space-trash-robot#t=0) Introduction and NASA Solar Sail Boom
- [2:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-07-06-25-solar-sailing-preventing-cyber-attacks-space-trash-robot#t=165) Carbon Composite Boom Mechanics and Stability
- [9:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-07-06-25-solar-sailing-preventing-cyber-attacks-space-trash-robot#t=556) Columbia University's Zero Memory Security System
- [16:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-07-06-25-solar-sailing-preventing-cyber-attacks-space-trash-robot#t=1011) Embry-Riddle Space Trash Robot Design
- [18:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-07-06-25-solar-sailing-preventing-cyber-attacks-space-trash-robot#t=1084) Space Debris Threat and Robot Lifecycle

## Topics

- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists, early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- NASA (company)
- Columbia University (company)
- Embry-Riddle University (company)
- Zero (product)
- SpaceX (company)
- Microsoft (company)
- Google (company)
- Visa (company)

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