Patent ID: 8882048

Claim:
A processing and delivery system in space around a celestial body having a magnetic field comprising: at least one facility in a first orbit in space around the celestial body, the at least one facility to: hold supplies; recycle space debris objects; recover materials and parts from the space debris objects; and manufacture new products utilizing the supplies and the recovered materials and parts, wherein the manufacture comprises at least one of: cut some parts of the space debris objects into pieces; process some parts of the space debris objects into powder; and melt some parts of the space debris objects; a group including one or more space vehicles, wherein: at least one of the group of space vehicles includes an electrodynamic propulsion device to deliver the space debris objects from their orbits to the at least one facility in the first orbit primarily utilizing electrodynamic propulsion; at least one of the group of space vehicles includes an electrodynamic propulsion device to deliver new supplies to the at least one facility in the first orbit from other orbits primarily utilizing electrodynamic propulsion; and at least one of the group of space vehicles includes an electrodynamic propulsion device to deliver the new products from the at least one facility in the first orbit to their destination orbits primarily utilizing electrodynamic propulsion.