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Originally Posted by cnn
The most debris-crowded area is between 550 miles and 625 miles above the Earth, Liou said, meaning the risk is less for manned flights. The international space station operates at about 250 miles altitude and space shuttle flights tend to range between 250 miles and 375 miles, he said.
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Wouldn't this be a problem? All objects that aren't in geosynchronous orbit all fall back down to Earth and eventually burns up in the atmosphere. I'm not sure how long it would take for the little gravity there is at 600 miles up to pull stuff back to Earth, but it will pass through the human inhabited layer at some point.
I would think that it could be possible to target debris close to the space station, and use the laser to move it away. I'm sure there would be some big power requirement however.
Shields up, captain…