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Dead satellites are filling space with trash. That could affect Earth’s magnetic field | Sierra Solter (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

Very interesting article

The issue feels a lot like climate change. Pollution that affects us on a global scale that will make some people immensely rich and it's up to the cooperation of countries to research, mitigate, and control it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (5 children)

"affects us" 👍

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Updated

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

that will make some people immensely rich

Not sure what this means. Most satelites make everyone a little bit richer (weather, GPS, communication satelites).

it’s up to the cooperation of countries to research, mitigate, and control it

I would argue that companies SpaceX have a lot to lose from space debris. If space becomes inaccessible, they can't do any business. They do a lot to mitigate space debris (especially with Starlink), and this is rational because too much space debris threatens their mission.

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