Yep. Instead of everyone taking a step back, and thinking about whether these things are needed, it’s a technology race once again. Then again, as these are seemingly mostly used for war-efforts, environmental concerns are obviously not the highest priority…
Like the AI bros imagining AI will cure cancer, Space bros seem to think orbital garbage collection is a business model on the horizon. At least that was the response I got when I tried to talk to my friend at Blue Origin about Kessler Syndrome (which we’re pretty darn close to).
Yep. Instead of everyone taking a step back, and thinking about whether these things are needed, it’s a technology race once again. Then again, as these are seemingly mostly used for war-efforts, environmental concerns are obviously not the highest priority…
That’s already the second time this week I have to dig out this link: https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/how-elon-musks-dying-satellites-could-hurt-the-ozone-layer
Like the AI bros imagining AI will cure cancer, Space bros seem to think orbital garbage collection is a business model on the horizon. At least that was the response I got when I tried to talk to my friend at Blue Origin about Kessler Syndrome (which we’re pretty darn close to).