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2015: A Trash Odyssey

Actuality by American Public Media

Oct 30, 201500:27:26News & Politics

This week, Actuality goes orbital and finds it's quite a mess. Satellites are dodging space trash, and there's business opportunity in cleaning up — but no sexy space garbage trucks yet. Plus, a mysterious piece of space...

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2015: A Trash Odyssey is an episode from Actuality by American Public Media. This week, Actuality goes orbital and finds it's quite a mess. Satellites are dodging space trash, and there's business opportunity in cleaning up — but no sexy sp...

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