There's already a lot of garbage in low earth orbit. While the orbits eventually decay and the junk either burn ups or falls to earth, new stuff is accumulating faster than the old stuff is going away. At the moment it poses a potential hazard for both spacecraft and satellites.
Maybe they can refit the space shuttle with a nice big bulldozer blade...
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There's already a lot of garbage in low earth orbit. While the orbits eventually decay and the junk either burn ups or falls to earth, new stuff is accumulating faster than the old stuff is going away. At the moment it poses a potential hazard for both spacecraft and satellites.
Maybe they can refit the space shuttle with a nice big bulldozer blade...