China’s Long March 6A rocket is making a mess in low-Earth orbit (arstechnica.com)

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[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 13 points 2 months ago

Various agencies and companies leaving their garbage and shit in LEO genuinely confuse me.

Are they imagining that they will somehow be immune the the issues of Kessler syndrome?

Do they assume someone else will solve that problem for them before it becomes a problem?

Or are they just completely stupid and don't understand the problem in the first place?

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Ask yourself the same question about any type of pollution.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

The boring answer is that LEO self-cleans over a few years, so it’s not really the huge issue everyone thinks it is. Yes, all that space junk is a risk, but it’s low enough that China simply doesn’t care (and won’t until it actually causes a problem).

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Probably a little of all three. Plus understanding the problem and not caring because by the time it's a problem, it won't be their problem.

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