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There was a manga that specifically involves astronauts collecting space junks and that manga is Planetes.



It's very well done, too. Great character development and a gripping story arc. From my layperson's perspective, the science of orbital debris collection is taken very seriously.

The opening sequence in the first episode powerfully illustrates the speed and devastation caused by the intersection of the orbits of a simple bolt and a passenger liner.


I think I heard about that. I think it's interesting to note that, in much of science fiction, the home planets of space-faring species are always terribly littered due to the bootstrapping process of reaching the stars, whereas the orbital debris of colony planets tends to be non-existent.


Two live-action TV series from the 1970s about space garbage: "Salvage 1" (with Andy Griffith no less) and "Quark."




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