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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/23/ytqupd86htgnvmvqaiqo.jpg?quality=75720450You think the trash problem in your city is bad? Try outer space. We humans have been littering our cosmic backyard with spent satellites, rocket hulls, and other discarded debris fragments for as long as we’ve had the technological know-how.