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138 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 13 Mar \ parent \ on: Objects Launched Into Outer Space charts_and_numbers
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.
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Not yet, but it's also not a big problem yet. I know there are ideas to launch chunks of magnetic materials into orbit that will sort of vacuum up a bunch of metallic debris over time.
There's not much you can do about non-magnetic debris though.
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