With so much stuff in space, and a limited area around our planet, the government wants to reduce the chances of a collision.

鉴于太空中的物质很多，而地球周围的区域则有限，政府希望减少发生碰撞的机会。

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The desk takes up too much space in my bedroom, so I will move it away.

这张桌子在我的卧室里太占地方了，所以我要把它搬走。

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But two events in the past four years - a 2007 Chinese anti-satellite weapon test and a 2009 crash-in-orbit of two satellites - put so much new junk in space that everything changed, the report said.

但是过去四年中的两件事却向太空中投放了太多的垃圾，一是07年中国反卫星武器的测试，二是09年两个卫星的相撞。报道称，所有的事情都改变了。

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There is, after all, only so much floor space in any given department store.

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The problem, of course, is getting people to notice the truly good bits in a space filled with so much fluff.

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Also, many civil society organizations are driving best practices and innovation in the space, so governments have much to learn from them.

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