Space Ecology

First there was the "Big Ocean Theory", which basically meant that the ocean was so big that humans could dump any amount of waste into it without environmental consequence. Of course, that theory has proven to be false as ocean ecosystems today suffer from dying coral reefs and fish populations poisoned with mercury and other pollutants. Next came the "Big Atmosphere Theory", which assumed that we could belch out billions of tons of air pollution and carbon dioxide from our smoke stacks and tail pipes without environmental repercussions. We all know how that idea has impacted the planet: air pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion and global warming. Now we have a "Big Space Theory", namely, that space is so big that the waste we create in it will cause no harm. That’s right folks, fifty years after Sputnik launched the space age, humans have turned space into yet another junk yard, with millions of pieces of man-made debris orbiting the Earth. The space debris problem is becoming so critical that space may become too trashed to use at all. What the world needs now, before it becomes too late, is an environmental movement in heaven: Space Ecology.