We’re polluting our future home – before we even live there. Here’s why we need to clean up our space junk.

May 5, 2021

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Here's how we can clean up existing space debris and prevent the future generation of it. Image: NASA/Unsplash

Dr. Max Polyakov

Founder, Noosphere Ventures, Firefly Aerospace, EOS Data Analytics

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Concentrations of space debris in low-Earth orbit and farther out in geostationary orbit Image: NASA

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