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Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up... by WastingMyTime89 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:33PM (#28528012)
If we were able to economically produce and sustain 86400 manned spaceflights per day cleaning space junk wouldn't be an issue.

The problem is the viability of technology we actually rely on nowadays: global positioning, weather prediction, surveillance and satellite communication. Space exploration is pretty low on the list of reasons people should worry about debris in orbit.

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Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up... by dotancohen on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @03:03AM (#28536111)
We have more airplane flights than that today, and nobody would have thought that possible in November 1903.
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Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up... by WastingMyTime89 on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @06:20AM (#28537366)
And? The issue is not what might or might not happen in 2139. Space debris could already potentially be a problem right now and the company this discussion is about has already been founded.
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