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4. Space will very soon become completely inaccessible.

Tue Apr 5, 2022, 12:16 PM

Apr 2022

We need to get this fixed. It's literally insane to launch tens of thousands of satellites without a practical way to clean up the dead ones.

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And Amazon can't pay union-level wages because?...... Aristus Apr 2022 #1

Before companies are allowed to put their hardware into space Chainfire Apr 2022 #2

Space will very soon become completely inaccessible. lagomorph777 Apr 2022 #4

AFAIK the Starlink satellites Disaffected Apr 2022 #11

Or satellite fragments. lagomorph777 Apr 2022 #5

Space debris in motion. Let's just wreck it all 7wo7rees Apr 2022 #9

Isn't that the damn truth! Chainfire Apr 2022 #12

Space junk will halt global warming. Lucid Dreamer Apr 2022 #10