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Chapter 5: Q. b (page 104)

Given that even the tiniest bit of fast-traveling space junk, such as a fleck of paint, can damage a satellite or pierce the thin covering of a spaceship why might the IADC Committee experience problems determining the "appropriate level of orbital pollution?

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Step1. Given information

Even the tiniest bit of junk paint can badly affect a satellite.

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Step2. Explanation

There exist thousands of tons of junk in the outer space. A tiniest bit of paint can badly affect a new launched satellite. Likewise, there might be many junk, mixed and source unknown as to what exact junk caused the pollution and which one entered the orbit and burned down.
It is because this identification can't be made, it is increasingly tough to determine the appropriate level of pollution and assign to who caused what levels.

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