The fact that there is infinite funding for anything with any mention of fusion or quantum but absolutely no funding for the accumulating space trash around our entire planet says everything you need to know about the state of science
In defense of the scientific community as opposed to those holding purse strings, about 13,500 scholarly articles on #SpaceDebrisMitigation have been published this year.
Especially of late the field of inquiry is taking off like a rocket. :-)
Staying tuned: