[BradyLS]

Just beyond the orbit of Mars, inhabiting its own ring of cosmic debris, are the remains of an entire planet that’s cracked wide open and ready for exploitation.

Leave it to a tiny group of busybodies with entirely too much time, money, and power to declare the field off limits—lest it become depleted!

[21twelve]

“...of cosmic debris.”

Some might call it mining. I would call it cleaning up the environment.