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New study: Everyone but China has pretty much stopped littering in low-Earth orbit | Since 2000, China has accumulated more dead rocket mass in long-lived orbits than the rest of the world combined. Worryingly, it's only accelerating since the past 2 years


“In their rush to move quickly, they are adding to the long-term collision hazard.”…

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