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We’ve put over haH a million pieces of junk in Earth orbit that imperil our use of space now and in the future, so what can we do about it? The answer, surprisingly, is that we can do a great deal should we decide it is worth the effort.
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Johnson, L. (2013). 14 Reduce the Amount of Debris in Space. In: Sky Alert!. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1830-6_16
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