• SaltySalamander@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      Just like the Starlink sats, these are at very low orbit. They will not produce junk, they will burn up in the atmosphere.

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      11 months ago

      Yes, but there are several groups around the world looking at solutions. It’s a solvable problem.

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      11 months ago

      Imagine if radical space junk protestors started destroying satellites.

      Probably would create more space debris in the process, but I could see something like this happening?

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      11 months ago

      Kepler syndrome Speedrun any%.
      We, as a species, absolutely deserve what’s coming for us.