“There are places where litter is acceptable and others where it is not. What is the proper place for space junk? You could say it is the atmosphere: that abandoned satellites and debris should be cremated, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. There’s a contradiction here. We’ve placed junk where it is perpetually ‘out of place’ as a human object, but in another sense, this is its natural place.” LitterOrbital DebrisSpace Junk Book:Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the Future Source: Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the Future