President Trump is signing a policy document Monday seeking to improve the tracking of space junk and limit future debris, but experts say the idea will be difficult to carry out.

The new policy, known as Space Policy Directive-3, orders the Commerce Department to create a public database of space objects, a vision first outlined in April by Vice President Mike Pence.

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