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Really pumped to see someone is working on this - going to be a massive problem that no major government appears to be gauging the seriousness of right now. Ti

Really pumped to see someone is working on this - going to be a massive problem that no major government appears to be gauging the seriousness of right now. Tim Urban of Wait But Why has a really good blog post that is an awesome overview of this issue: https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colon... Go to the Space Debris blue boxer specifically.

greglindahl 9y ago
I've recently read about numerous space-junk-related experiments funded by "major governments". And remember that these same governments have already agreed on a guideline for deorbiting. It doesn't appear to be tough enough yet, but there's a mechanism for working together on a better standard.