Entrepreneur Nobu Okada has set off on a mission never before undertaken in the annals of human history ¡ª cleaning up Earth¡¯s space junk.
Man-made space debris comprises everything from defunct satellites to abandoned launch vehicles and even tiny flecks of paint. This floating junk is threatening our ability to explore space.
¡°Space debris is there because of humans, and solving this problem has been a hot topic among academics and experts,¡± Okada, 44, said in a recent interview in Tokyo. ¡°But at the moment, no one has an answer. And if nobody is doing anything about it, I thought I¡¯d have to solve the problem myself.¡±
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