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We don't need to have space literally transformed into junkyards to make progress, and there is nothing going wrong with going a lower pace if it means reduced
by rglullis 3mo ago
We don't need to have space literally transformed into junkyards to make progress, and there is nothing going wrong with going a lower pace if it means reduced impact on the rest of society.
- ilikehurdles 3mo agoYour focus should be on junkyards on earth, which are exponentially greater in number on a surface area that is a fraction of the surface area of observable space. You’re complaining about a potentially artificial speck of light in the sky while plastic litters the highway you commute on, and India produces literal rivers of trash.
- rglullis 3mo agoOrthogonal issues. Will the trash on earth be reduced if we start littering low orbit with junk?
- rayiner 3mo agoEvery year that you delay Africa and south asia getting to western levels of development equals tens of thousands of under-5 deaths that could have been avoided.
- rlt 3mo agoJunkyard? Starlink satellites are deorbited at the end of their lifespan.