NASA Recommendation
The NASA Orbital Debris Program Office further states the danger of small space debris:
- "Remediation techniques need to focus on removal of small sized (but still damaging) debris"
- "Current conjunction assessments and collision avoidance maneuvers against the tracked objects (which are typically 10 cm and larger) only address a small fraction (<1%) of the mission-ending risk from orbital debris"
Framework for STM
This framework describes the purpose of each STM objective. While Active Debris Removal is the focus of OrbitGuardians, any STM service provider can leverage the Space Debris Act of 2021 to acquire funding from their tax paying contributors to accomplish their STM objective (see below in Congressional Brief section).