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If we were able to economically produce and sustain 86400 manned spaceflights per day cleaning space junk wouldn't be an issue. The problem is the viability of
by WastingMyTime89 5y ago
If we were able to economically produce and sustain 86400 manned spaceflights per day cleaning space junk wouldn't be an issue.
The problem is the viability of technology we actually rely on nowadays: global positioning, weather prediction, surveillance and satellite communication. Space exploration is pretty low on the list of reasons people should worry about debris in orbit.
- dotancohen 5y agoWe have more airplane flights than that today, and nobody would have thought that possible in November 1903.
- WastingMyTime89 5y agoAnd? The issue is not what might or might not happen in 2139. Space debris could already potentially be a problem right now and the company this discussion is about has already been founded.