Space debris has been accumulating in low-Earth orbit over the past few decades – that is, for as long as we have explored space. Today, junk removal has become a more pressing problem. According to space agencies, there’s a need for our planet to conduct space debris removal activities. For over a half-century, humanity has been leaving objects to hurl into low-Earth orbit. Some voices in the industry are saying we should impose some limitations on further launches and no longer congest the orbital environment, as our attitude to orbit has been increasingly negligent. But is space debris removal possible?…