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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The space junk problem is only going to get worse isn’t it?

[–] SaltySalamander@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] CanadaPlus 2 points 11 months ago

Long term, anyway.

[–] Lugh 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[–] youngGoku@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

We are all trying to prevent Kessler Syndrome, not induce it! Lol.