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One local corporation has been gaining national attention lately for its ambitious goal of reducing debris not simply on the planet, but up in space. The company is led by a group of three NMU graduates who shared the same passion for cleaning up debris in Earth’s Lower Orbit.
Adam Kall is the Director of Technology for Kall Morris Incorporated.
“If you have one piece of debris going around the world, that’s like having a 100-foot target and throwing a single dart at it from way far away, and trying to hit the bullseye,” Kall told RRN News. “The odds of that are very low. Except we don’t just have one piece of debris. We have 26,000 pieces of debris. And if they’re left up there and somebody hits them, that one piece becomes a thousand pieces.”
He says taking on such an astronomical task was daunting, he and his colleagues have found initial success accomplishing one step at a time.
“There are several pieces up there that are large, left-over rocket bodies,” Kall said. “If we’re able to get up there first and are able to pull it down, then we stop 1,000 pieces being added just by removing one piece. So, it’s kind of that planning for the future by doing action now that KMI is pursuing.”
The group was founded in Marquette almost one year ago. Kall adds that they wanted to set up in the UP for the love of the area, and its economic accessibility.
“We saved up a bunch of money, and when we come to the U.P. with that savings and put it all into this company, it’s the U.P. that has made us be able to chase this dream,” Kall said. “It’s not making revenue yet and we have to stretch out our savings, we’re able to make it stretch for over a year in the U.P. because the cost of living is so low. And you still have a wonderful standard of living.”
Kall Morris Incorporated was recently highlighted by the Michigan Small Business Development Center for its plans. The group says it hopes to continue contributing to the U.P.’s legacy of space-related pursuits in becoming a space launch and testing site in Marquette County.
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