This is a fantastic accomplishment, and will hopefully be used to clear the skies a bit.
However, it has a down-side: Some nations (US, USSR, China, etc.) have a lot of tech in the skies, some of which they’d like to remain secret. Those nations will either have to match this skill (not high on their priority list in the past) or include self-destruct mechanisms in their future orbital vehicles so that the secret tech stays out of the hands of rival nations. You can guess which way they’ll lean.
This is a fantastic accomplishment, and will hopefully be used to clear the skies a bit.
However, it has a down-side: Some nations (US, USSR, China, etc.) have a lot of tech in the skies, some of which they’d like to remain secret. Those nations will either have to match this skill (not high on their priority list in the past) or include self-destruct mechanisms in their future orbital vehicles so that the secret tech stays out of the hands of rival nations. You can guess which way they’ll lean.
Isn’t deorbiting self destruction?
or they could just deorbit their stages after they’re done?
i think this is honestly a really good incentive for governments to clean up their space debris