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Yea they do. Science experiments, future commerce, national defense, etc.

• lapcat 4y ago
  > future commerce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravina_Island_Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravina_Island_Bridge > national defense Yeah yeah, I've been hearing that ever since Ronnie Ray-gun 40 years ago.
  • alsodumb 4y ago
    Weather monitoring. Got anything against that too?
    • lapcat 4y ago
      Not per se, but it does seem like the volume of stuff launched into space vastly exceeds the need for it. And the environmental effects on the upper atmosphere of the increasing number of rocket launches is worrisome.