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Re:The Kessler Syndrome: Space junk in orbit by some1else on Sunday November 21, 2021 @04:54PM (#29300130)
The private sector might disregard long term risk for short term profit, as they did countless times with the environment. This was mentioned in the article.
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Re:The Kessler Syndrome: Space junk in orbit by DantesKite on Sunday November 21, 2021 @05:57PM (#29300614)
I think they will too. There won't be any incentive in the short-term to do anything about it. I just don't think it's an intractable problem (as in, impossible to solve over the span of a century).
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