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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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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 7 hours ago
[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

[–] db2@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe a sane country will pick up the slack and forcibly deorbit all the junk. That includes anything up there Musk-related.

[–] mierdabird@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The amount energy that would take is truly unfathomable

[–] db2@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Just tell other billionaires that each one has someone from Sarajevo inside and they'll pay to shoot them down.

[–] The_Unholy_Waterbear@lemmy.org 8 points 10 hours ago

Soon even aliens won't be able to save us.

[–] gary215@thelemmy.club 8 points 10 hours ago

Of course they did, This administration does everything Trump backwards.