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Re:Senators introduce bill to thin out the 900k pieces of or... by structural on Thursday September 15, 2022 @11:52PM (#32861850)
A fee per kilogram placed in orbit, refundable if the entire mass is deorbited as a single object, seems like a reasonable starting point.

If that fee is the entire estimated near-term cost to recover the object, it would also create incentives for entities putting large amounts of mass in orbit to focus on improved strategies for removal: if removal becomes lower cost than the fee, it's worth paying someone to recover your debris if a satellite fails in order to recover the fee.

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Re:Senators introduce bill to thin out the 900k pieces of or... by freeqaz on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:39AM (#32863272)
This would have to work across borders or else you'd create a downward force on the space industry in your nation. If the US had a tax to launch stuff, then suddenly Russia has a competitive advantage.
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