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Today its some Russian debris. Next time it could just as well be debris from two Starlink satellites colliding. We need a way to clean this stuff up which fro
by sschueller 5y ago
Today its some Russian debris. Next time it could just as well be debris from two Starlink satellites colliding.
We need a way to clean this stuff up which from my understanding is practically impossible. It's like collecting a few thousand pingpong balls in the ocean.
- webmaven 5y ago> We need a way to clean this stuff up which from my understanding is practically impossible. It's like collecting a few thousand pingpong balls in the ocean. There are ground-based and space-based options for deorbiting debris, but unfortunately they are "dual use" technologies that could all too easily be used against objects that aren't debris (although not very effectively).
- OneTimePetes 5y agoEvery billionaire with space capabilitys has a defacto nuke anyway. He who is out of the gravity well, has power over those who downwards dwell. Any hobo in space with a ion-thruster and a astronomically app, can hold a planet for ransom. Space civilization, has a physics based class system..
- sschueller 5y agoBut in a case like this, dual use doesn't result in a nuclear bomb exploding. Sure it would suck if a satellite was destroyed but it's not literally the end of the world.