Who’s going to clean up Space?

Which nations have the most satellites orbiting the Earth?

Russia has the most followed by the US. Before you get all Cold War freaky, most of Russia’s are inactive. Basically just orbiting junk.

With Obama cutting NASA’s budget, who’s going to clean up this mess?

For more cool visualization, check out Michael Paukner.

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