Demonstration designs for the remediation of space debris from the International Space Station

Space Mom to all her little space cadets: "Look at this room, it's a mess. Somebody can get hurt just trying to move around these piles. Clean up your room, NOW." Unfortunately, the Great Room of Space has no such scene, only an Earth peopled with enlightened scientists who know they have to clean up the Great Room now, and are trying to figure out how. So what about a laser cannon to remove orbital debris?

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