To Fix the Space Junk Problem, Add a Self-Destruct Module

Published: Dec. 12, 2017, 4:30 p.m.

Humans have gotten pretty good at launching stuff into space\u2014but way less good at getting stuff back down. Up in lower Earth orbit, along with a thousand-plus productive satellites, there are many more slackers: space junk, cosmic trash, garbage of the highest-orbiting order.