•  zhunk   ( @zhunk@beehaw.org ) 
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    21 year ago

    There’s a lot to dig into here, but I’ll just pick out one thing for now:

    % of US adults who think private space companies are doing a mostly ____ at each of the following:

    Limiting debris in space…: 26% bad job, 21% good job, 53% not sure

    For what it’s worth, Starlink satellites and most little constellations are being launched to low earth orbit and will deorbit naturally in around 5 years. The same goes for the rocket 2nd stages that launched them.

    I’d be on board with deorbit bounties and a system like carbon credits that funds them. Most of what’s getting launched shouldn’t be a big concern, though.