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Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions − but nobody's in charge of cleaning it up

  • Written by Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
imageAn artist's rendering of debris floating through Earth's orbit. Petrovich9/iStock via Getty Images

There’s a lot of trash on the Moon right now – including nearly 100 bags of human waste – and with countries around the globe traveling to the Moon, there’s going to be a lot more, both on the lunar surface and in Earth’s...

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