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Amid Crowded Skies, Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) Kills Rule Aimed at Regulating Space Junk (www.propublica.org)
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The agency once said that pieces of space debris “pose a significant risk,” but the Trump administration has backed off a rule that would have required companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX to remove rocket parts from orbit within 25 years of launch.

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[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Its like there is a fire in the living room and we're locking the doors.

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