Space junk is a danger to operational satellites and may eventually threaten astronauts as humanity's exploitation of the space around Earth continues.
In their call for a treaty, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists along with researchers from the University of Plymouth, the Arribada Initiative, the University of Texas at Austin, California Institute of Technology, Spaceport Cornwall and Zoological Society of London all emphasized the urgent need for a global consensus on how to manage Earth's orbit.
This means the suggested move is consistent with a recent United Nations treaty to address plastic pollution in the sea agreed upon by 200 countries called the Global Plastics Treaty. The treaty took 20 years to implement and scientists are keen to avoid the same delay in tackling the space junk problem.
One of the scientists urging for the treaty is University of Plymouth research fellow, Dr. Imogen Napper.
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