[TinyRedLeaf]

Originally Posted by Shadow Minato

Which anime is that screenshot from?

I'm guessing you didn't follow the friendly link I posted.

It's from Planetes.

Planetes (プラネテス, Greek: ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ, meaning "Wanderer") is a Japanese science-fiction manga by Makoto Yukimura. It was adapted as a 26-episode television anime by Sunrise, which was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 through April 2004.

The manga is published in English in North America by Tokyopop, and the anime is distributed in North America by Bandai Entertainment. Both the manga and anime received the Seiun Award for best science fiction series.

The story of Planetes is set in the year 2075, and follows the crew of DS-12, Toy Box, of the Space Debris Section, a unit of Technora Corporation. It's their job to prevent the damage or destruction of satellites, space stations and spacecraft from collision with debris in Earth's and the Moon's orbits. They use a number of methods to dispose of the debris (mainly by burning it via atmospheric re-entry or through salvage), accomplished through the use of EVA suits.

The Japanese space agency Jaxa served as a technical consultant to the series. The American version of the DVDs featured interviews with two scientists from Nasa's Orbital Debris Section... One of the scientists stated that the previous director of the Nasa Orbital Debris Section was in fact Mr Donald Kessler, the scientist who proposed the eponymous Kessler Syndrome*, which is cited and used several times in both the anime and manga.

*The Kessler Syndrome is a worst-case scenario, proposed by Nasa consultant Donald Kessler, in which the volume of space debris in low Earth orbit is so high that objects in orbit are frequently struck by debris, creating even more debris and a greater risk of further impacts. The implication of this scenario is that the escalating amount of debris in orbit could eventually render space exploration, and even the use of satellites, unfeasible for many generations.