Congress Could Help Start a Space Junk Clearing Market: AAF

Congress, working with NASA and commercial space operators, should look at crafting market mechanisms that incentivize orbital debris mitigation and technology, and at investing in and testing innovations to remove debris in low earth orbit, Joshua Levine, American Action Forum technology and innovation policy analyst, wrote Thursday. Domestic and international guidelines for reducing orbital debris are largely voluntary and carry almost no consequence for violation, he said.