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Orbital space debris is a real problem. I hope China will be a little more responsible than they have in the past.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelpaukner/4314987544/sizes...

http://www.space.com/3415-china-anti-satellite-test-worrisom...

http://www.space.com/20138-russian-satellite-chinese-space-j...

In any case, I hope more countries put more space stations up. It would be great for space tourism and other human endeavors.

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Active Satellites / Non-Active Satellites / Orbiting Space Debris:

US: 453 / 683 / 3258

Russia/USSR: 86 / 1310 / 2690

China: 40 / 29 / 2690

So blame the picture itself then. The last number is colored nearly black on a dark background.

Also the number is a bit misleading. Most of the China's debris were probably generated by the ASAT test in 2007, which is not a common case.

I think you're missing the point of the "big brothers". The dark translucent outer circle represents debris. China has a huge amount of debris (thanks to deliberately blowing stuff up) compared to countries with far larger numbers of satellites.

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