Otter Raft ( @otters_raft@lemmy.ca ) to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoRemoving these 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up144cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-square spacesatan ( @spacesatan@leminal.space ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoNASA claims the Earth is hit with 48.5 tons of natural meteoric debris every day, much of it being metallic. Somehow that hasn’t been an issue in all of history so far. A ton is such an absurdly insignificant amount of material on a global scale.
minus-square twix ( @twix@infosec.pub ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAluminum is not a naturally occurring metal however, but I do get your point. Never knew we received so much already.
NASA claims the Earth is hit with 48.5 tons of natural meteoric debris every day, much of it being metallic. Somehow that hasn’t been an issue in all of history so far.
A ton is such an absurdly insignificant amount of material on a global scale.
Aluminum is not a naturally occurring metal however, but I do get your point. Never knew we received so much already.