Time to Take Out the Space Trash?

Wednesday, 07 May 2014 | by Pat's Picks

With hundreds of thousands of pieces of trash floating around in space, the threat to important satellites is growing. The Washington Post says that while the military is set to award a contract for a new Space Fence to track all the debris, some are wondering if more should be done to actually clean up all that junk. But of course that’s incredibly expensive. One Naval War College professor says people won’t be supportive of that idea until there’s a crash that affects them, say by knocking out cell phone service.

SOURCE: Washington Post