This is a bit of a saga to unwind, but so worth it: Some SpaceX junk fell to earth on a Saskatchewan farm, and the landowner contacted a local authority to ask who should clean it up: an astronomy professor at the local college. She talked to local media about the situation, using the opportunity to talk about unregulated space junk. SpaceX heard about this, and sent two employees in a rental truck to come and pick up their crap (portions of which took two people to lift into the truck) in front of a gaggle of local reporters and camera crews. I’m glad to see journalism still functioning, and I do hope that governments begin regulating private spaceflight before 200-lb chunks of Elon’s pet project come crashing through my roof. (via metafilter)