Isn't it time to clean up space?

Sir - Continued space activity has necessitated the establishment of a catalogue of known space debris, which should be heeded by trajectory and spaceflight planners. Even a fleck of paint colliding with, for example, a spacewalking astronaut would, we are told, be fatal. Mass times velocity says it all.

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