"Overall, the report is full of bad news that is good news."
  • Dendr0@fedia.io
    7·
    5 months ago

    “Space is an unsustainable environemnt” - what a weird headline for something that basically says “we need to do better about taking care of trash in orbit of Earth”.

    I mean, based on the headline, you’d think they’re making a wildly bold claim.

    • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      The headline could be rephrased as “earth dwellers find a new place to eat, quickly begin shitting there too”

    • eleitl@lemm.eeOPM
      3·
      5 months ago

      Indeed, this is mostly about LEO area denial by recursive fragmentation of space junk. The broader question is how long we will retain significant launch capacity to maintain at least borderline geosensing and telecommunications infrastructure in space when net energy begins to fall steeply. Perhaps we shouldn’t take availability of things like Starlink for granted.