Based on the program's success, the school board passed a resolution to remove junk food by the start of the 2003-2004 school year.

CNN: Schools struggle to feed kids healthy food

This year the students had to program their SPHERES to deploy dust clouds that could remove space junk from orbit, dock with another satellite to harvest its parts, and maneuver through an unknown field full of debris.

MSN: High schoolers control satellites aboard space station

By tackling the web shops that profit from spam, UK net firms hope to remove the financial incentive to send junk mail.

BBC: NEWS | Technology | Net firms set sights on spammers

As a result, diplomats and military officials from the U.S. and many other countries have been discussing ways to remove or alleviate the dangers of space junk.

WSJ: Falling Satellite Debris Might Hit U.S.