Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions − but nobody’s in charge of cleaning it up
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An artist’s rendering of debris floating through Earth’s orbit. Petrovich9/iStock via Getty Images – By Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona Published: 2023 Aug 31 – There’s a lot of trash on the Moon right now – including nearly …