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Yep, we're littering space just as we have littered the Earth. But, hey, we all have computers/cellphones so need the satellites. We will all benefit from the advancements in science. It's war and space that tend to move us forward. I would rather it was the space initiatives, and prefer it to be private business spending money rather than government funds.
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Oh yes I heard about that, uses LIDAR to image the debris and track it for future missions.
NZ also recently has built a tracking station for space debris. There is a whole network of the things around the globe, it was built by an American company with funding from NASA IIRC.
It's quite a concern and the last thing we need is a Kessler syndrome.
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