Will the Japanese trash collection vessel manage to clean up the entire orbit? Image source: Shutterstock (#276319031)
It is estimated that there are about 100 million pieces of different types of trash in space that were generated by previous exhibitions. In order to collect this trash which could demostrate a security problem of future space travel or re-enter the atmosphere, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) together with a fishnet company developed and experimental trash collection vessel. This vessel has now been sent to the International Space Station (ISS).
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