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I think that will change very quickly when we have a collision in space. I imagine SpaceX, for instance, would be pretty interested in cleaning up space junk i
by eatmyshorts 5y ago
I think that will change very quickly when we have a collision in space. I imagine SpaceX, for instance, would be pretty interested in cleaning up space junk if two of their LEO satellites collide.
- JBorrow 5y agoPretty sure that SpaceX is enough of an environmental disaster already that they won't care.
- tomrod 5y agoWhat do you mean?
- tecleandor 5y agoProbably one of these themes: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-risky-rush-for-mega-constellations/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-risky-rush-fo... https://qz.com/1971751/a-flood-of-spacex-satellites-started-a-fight-over-space-pollution/ https://qz.com/1971751/a-flood-of-spacex-satellites-started-...
- cobrabyte 5y agoHow so?
- mlindner 5y agoIf you don't know anything, don't open your mouth to make it clear to everyone.
- JBorrow 5y agoI have a PhD in astronomy :) SpaceX is an environmental disaster that I guarantee we will look back on in 50 years as the company that kick-started kessler syndrome. They have already, objectively, caused huge environmental light-pollution based damage.
- myself248 5y agothe point of SpaceX putting things into LEO (which we should really call SLEO or something, because it's super-low) is that the orbits are self-clearing on a reasonable timescale, months or single-digit years. GEO is likewise not a problem because things out there are really far apart and they generally don't cross each other's orbits. MEO (where GNSS services live) is the real danger. Thankfully there aren't a ton of objects there, but deorbiting the dead ones should be a very high priority on anyone's list.
- eatmyshorts 5y agoHow much money would SpaceX lose per day in that event? I imagine the thread of a cascading set of collisions becomes more likely after the first one, also. I think SpaceX would be very interested in clearing debris as soon as possible in the event of a collision. Months or single-digit years likely would cost SpaceX many billions.
- mlindner 5y ago> would be pretty interested in cleaning up space junk if two of their LEO satellites collide. SpaceX satellites are passively de-conflicted. Which means that the orbits are planned such that the satellites never can be at the same place at the same point in time. But yes SpaceX does care a lot about debris in their orbital shell.