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SpaceX and the LEO Litter Issue

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Yes, let's deflate that massive ego of his, and let him know he's not above the rest of us.
No, I love Elon. He's a billionaire, and therefore above the law (and everything else as well).
Something else, something a little more nuanced.
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Elon Musk places far more junk in LEO (low-earth orbit) than anyone else alive, making him the biggest contributor to our concerns about the Kessler Effect (i.e. the very real likelihood that a piece of disintegrating debris will trigger a chain reaction of collisions within LEO, leading to a situation where that region of space will no longer be a viable place to place satellites) becoming a reality.

Anyway, my question is this: should he be fined and/or sent to prison for this reason alone, nevermind all the other good reasons to permanently put him out of business?
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🤔Why not put him on his next rocket 🚀 💁‍♂😅
MoveAlong · 70-79, M
NASA's budget $24.4 billion dollars. Musk could completely fund NASA for the next 40 years. Musk is contributing to what is eventually going to become a big problem. He should be funding a large part of the cleanup.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@MoveAlong He should but I suspect he'd have to be compelled to do so. At his and his company's expense, not the taxpayers'.
@MoveAlong Exactly, and 24 billion dollars is nowhere near enough money for that organisation, especially when one takes into account the fact that Trump wants to spend about 1.5 trillion dollars on weaponry for his incompetent military.
Northwest · M
The situation is about to get far worse. Musk built his cult following on the premise of saving humanity with the quest of renewable energy. And that cult is still following him, even though he went to the dark side.

They enable him, so it's no longer a "Musk" issue.

He wants to place satellites in even lower earth orbit. Low enough to render the lag issue irrelevant, enough to make it possible for him to offer realtime voice and video conversations.

The FCC is under new leadership, powered by a Trump appointee and they will sign up to what Musk wants to do. After all Trump's family has investments in this "space" earned not via their innovation, but their dad's position.

Bezos is also going to be contributing to this problem...
Looking up on a starry night you'll be impressed by the constant flow of satellites and the random falling debris trails. It's not your grandpa's night.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
Shoulda, coulda, woulda, never going to happen.😷
ArishMell · 70-79, M
I'm not clear what are you are really asking, but I do question very seriously why he insists on filling near-Space with more and more satellites- apart of course from intending them to make him even more money.

He can't be fined or imprisoned unless he has broken any laws, and so far there seem no laws to stop anyone creating an orbiting scrap-yard.

 
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