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Prince Charles has called on countries around the world to make an “environmental management agreement” for space after “making a mess of this planet”. The 73-year-old royal spoke with engineers from the private firm Astroscale, which is working on new technology to capture defunct satellites with the aim of removing or repairing them, and after learning about the UK’s leading role in in clearing space junk orbiting the planet, he called for other territories to join in. Sitting down with industry representatives and Science Minister George Freeman – who announced the UK Space Agency is giving…