has anyone had any success cleaning up debris? 

i’m thinking something like the ocean cleanup nets that are picking up plastics

I think the idea is that whenever there are collisions or small meteor impacts that ejects a bunch of small debris into random orbits. After enough time, there's just too much for safe transit.

Undisciplined

interesting. 

i believe the majority of these objects are launched into low-earth orbit, and once they’ve surpassed their useful life they simply burn up in the atmosphere.

however, there is a space debris problem too, just not from the majority of object launches.

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Objects Launched Into Outer Space

There's a fascinating hypothesis that civilizations become planet-bound by creating too much orbital debris to safely get off planet.