[dataflow]

Aren't smaller chunks of debris the ones posing the greatest problems? Like something the size of a rock you can hold in your hand, or even a few cm across? Because my understanding was we can at least avoid large objects for now, but smaller ones are hard to detect in the first place. Do you have any ideas or how to deal with those?

[JshWright]

Small objects tend to start out as large objects. If you can get rid of a large object before it becomes a thousand small objects, that's a win.

[dataflow]

Oh I'm not suggesting it's not a win by any means. Any debris removed is better. I'm just wondering how much of a difference it would make at the end of the day.

[JshWright]

It wouldn't make a difference to the current number of debris items in orbit today. It would make a big difference in the potential number of items in a few decades.