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If no one's interested in it, it becomes space junk. It's a problem.[0] Don't make more. You need to responsibly dispose of space junk, and the easiest way is t
by theandrewbailey 9y ago
If no one's interested in it, it becomes space junk. It's a problem.[0] Don't make more. You need to responsibly dispose of space junk, and the easiest way is to incinerate it via atmospheric reentry.
If it doesn't have a controlled de-orbit, it will have an uncontrolled de-orbit, potentially destroying something (or killing someone) when it reaches ground.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_debris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_debris
- nickik 9y agoYou could boost it in a specific orbit leave it. That what happens with many satallites and is not consider space junk. Putting stuff on specific orbits is exactly how we fight space junk.