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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This kind of strategy, ie targetting a small number of debris that create the most risk, makes this problem more manageable than deorbiting thousands.

This give some hope to avoid the Kessler Symdrom. Altough space agencies would need to deorbit junk faster than they're orbiting it.

[–] primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm all for this, but can we get someone to include somebody who will check for american trash? I bet we can drop it even lower!

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

3 of the top 50 are American.

Oop, just did a quick skim