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jedadkins t1_j9rqjvz wrote

Reply to comment by mfb- in What will be the environmental impact of de-orbiting 42,000 Starlink satellites every five years? (Explanation in post) by OvidPerl

Yea this really seems like a problem of scale, ~2.5m tonnes of aluminum needed to reach the lower bound is an insane amount. Maybe once we start actually commercializing space it could be an issue but by then we should have a better option then just crashing stuff to get it out of orbit

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