Submitted by DevilsRefugee t3_11e13un in space
Spider_pig448 t1_jae1yz9 wrote
Reply to comment by Pigs_in_the_Porridge in We need more rules for space junk and moon bases, NASA and US officials say by DevilsRefugee
It is an issue. ASAT tests and cyber attacks in particular are huge concerns for space debris generation. Regular generation of space junk per launch is decreasing a lot though. Check out ESA's environmental report from last year (https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/ESA_s_Space_Environment_Report_2022). Almost every rocker body is successfully clearing LEO these days, and half of all payloads are being successfully de-orbited after end of mission.
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