Space junk is on the rise, and no one is in charge of cleaning it up

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Space junk is on the rise, and no one is in charge of cleaning it up

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From Ars Technica:
"There’s a lot of trash on the Moon right now—including nearly 100 bags of human waste—and with countries around the globe traveling to the Moon, there’s going to be a lot more, both on the lunar surface and in Earth’s orbit."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/s ... ing-it-up/

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I would like to know what percentage of these objects return to the atmosphere each year.
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Seems this is a job for "the Space Force"! I mean, who else is going to do it?
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