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Garbage collecting... {{smallcaps|[[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]]}}! Because in space, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|bolts screw]] [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|you!]]

 

 

By 2075, the depletion of oil reserves has caused mankind to turn to space to solve its increasing demand for energy, through the mining of Helium-3 isotope deposits from the moon. With the increase in traffic, the accumulation of debris in Earth orbit has caused a number of spectacular and deadly accidents, as even a tiny piece of debris at orbital velocity (for reference, orbital velocity for an object in LEO<ref>Low-Earth Orbit</ref> is about 7 and a half kilometers per second) can take down a spacecraft. So, our "heroes" (really just blue-collar astronauts and administrators) must collect and salvage this space junk.