Where's WALL-E when you need him?
The Air Force has a commercial of a satellite avoiding collision with debris involving an impressive maneuver, but after 4,500 or so launches, I'm not holding my breath that we won't have a communications satellite dented by all this space stuff. Newton's Laws of Motion dominate orbital physics. Plus, if we don't solve our debris in orbit, it could halt space missions for generations.
Discovery Magazine online: The Trouble With Trash
'78 paper on: The Kessler Effect
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