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https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210328.html

A spacesuit is shown floating high above the Earth. See Explanation.

SuitSat-1: A Spacesuit Floats Free
Image Credit: ISS Expedition 12 Crew, NASA

Explanation: A spacesuit floated away from the International Space Station 15 years ago, but no investigation was conducted. Everyone knew that it was pushed by the space station crew. Dubbed Suitsat-1, the unneeded Russian Orlan spacesuit filled mostly with old clothes was fitted with a faint radio transmitter and released to orbit the Earth. The suit circled the Earth twice before its radio signal became unexpectedly weak. Suitsat-1 continued to orbit every 90 minutes until it burned up in the Earth's atmosphere after a few weeks. Pictured, the lifeless spacesuit was photographed in 2006 just as it drifted away from space station.

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Am I right having a bit of a giggle, or is this setting a bad example about useless space debris albeit for a few weeks?

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https://www.9news.com.au/technology/laser-world-first-to-shunt-deadly-space-junk-out-of-orbit-canberra-technology-news/0f45c207-98a0-4077-a406-69f6173de8b3#:~:text=Australian scientists are hailing a,protect infrastructure worth %24900 billion.

 

World-first laser to shunt deadly space junk out of orbit

Australian scientists are hailing a world-first laser designed to shunt potentially deadly space junk out of orbit, fired from a Canberra hilltop.
EOS Space Systems has developed the technology to protect infrastructure worth $900 billion.
The laser, which will be fired from the Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra, has been seven years in the making.
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more at link..............
 
 
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There are currently over 129 million objects larger than a millimeter in orbits around Earth. These range from inactive satellites to flakes of paint. But no matter how small the item of debris, anything traveling up to 56,000 km/h in an orbit is dangerous if it comes into contact with the many satellites that connect us around the world, be it for GPS, mobile phone data or internet connectivity. 
 
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Not sure how the LASER would work with millimeter size objects and flakes of paint.
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