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in 2021 that created so much debris it interfered with both ISS and Starlink operations.
NASA's 147-page report assesses numerous options to remove debris in orbit, mostly targeting the smallest pieces or entire satellites. Lasers appear to be one of the leading options, although the report is not calling for any particular action; that method is discussed twice in three separate options for removing small debris, and once among five options for taking out large debris.
Laser-nudging the top 50 objects of concern also would useful, the report says, although higher-cost options such as rocket nudges could work more rapidly. The authors emphasized that their discussion, however, should be taken as a beginning to addressing the problem in the near future. "Rather than relying on proxies for risk such as the number or mass of debris, this report aims to encourage the space community to take a holistic approach to framing the risks of space debris in terms of dollars and how debris may affect satellite operators in the coming decades," the authors said.
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