From: frank.scrooby@gmail.com   
      
   Hi all,   
      
   First step should be not making any more debris in the first place. I.e.:   
   Russians, please stop being such complete assholes.   
      
   Second step is already mostly done, effective tracking and avoidance of   
   dangerous pieces. The current tracking and early warning systems are pretty   
   good but any upgrade and improvement would be welcome.   
      
   Third step..., hmm, investigate methods to remove debris. Maybe get someone   
   with way-too-money (Bezo, Musk, Gates, I'm talking to you) to sponsor an   
   X-prize type competition. Top three proposals (under say 25 kgs) get a free   
   ride on the next Space-X    
   flight sending something to HEO/GEO. The winner is decided on time and amount   
   of debris cleared. Winner gets prize and bragging rights, and the space   
   industry (and the 8 billion suckers on the planet who depend on the data   
   supplied  by satellites) get a    
   slightly higher chance of keeping their extremely expensive hardware intact.   
      
      
   Arbitary question: Skylab was brought down by higher than usual atmospheric   
   drag during a unusually high point of the solar spot cycle. Apparently a more   
   intense solar wind equals a higher temperature in the upper atmosphere, and   
   when gas warms it    
   expands. How high is the practical limit on this form of natural LEO sweeping,   
   and what is the minimum size particle it can 'take care of'.   
      
   Regards   
   Frank   
      
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