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Saturday, 5 December 2020

The next trash problem is in low-earth orbit

Illustration of satellites in orbit, from NASA

I just published a longform piece in the New Republic on the private-sector boom in outer space — and what its implications are for society.

One big issue that many people told me about: The problem of space junk in low-earth orbit. — Read the rest



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