• Mirshe@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    Wouldn’t matter much with these. They’re in low orbits, barely scraping the thermosphere, and are designed and launched with an eye to deorbiting within several years. Even if they smash each other to bits, most of the pieces will deorbit and burn up in a few years, tops.

    • this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml
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      19 days ago

      Exactly this littering our sky with nothing but all those rare Earth elements that we spent so much time and energy trying to get… I love intended pollution! It’s purposeful!