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Red Mountain

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10. Space junk is a problem

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 07:51 PM

Oct 2019

That won't be solved by not launching anything. Starlink can be designed to minimize the risk of creating impact debris. No reason to think it isn't.

At some point there is no doubt we'll have to consider a janitorial service.

Nuclear waste and orbital debris share some similarities.

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SpaceX plans to start offering Starlink broadband services in 2020 [View all] ffr Oct 2019 OP

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? ffr Oct 2019 #5

Space junk is a problem Red Mountain Oct 2019 #10