By late November 2024, over nine hundred and fifty satellites re-entered Earth's atmosphere, fifty four between May 1st and 15, the number of re-entry sustaining the momentum of the year before.
Good piece. Yet another example of our technological capabilities far outstripping our wisdom. We have literally no plan for dealing with space waste. Sometimes I am so, so frustrated with my own, arrogant and short-sighted species.
Such an important and largely undiscussed problem. Will regulators and company executives act only when people die or farms are set alight? Thanks as always for your great pieces.
Good piece. Yet another example of our technological capabilities far outstripping our wisdom. We have literally no plan for dealing with space waste. Sometimes I am so, so frustrated with my own, arrogant and short-sighted species.
We're starting to act like dinosaurs, using our brains the way dinosaurs used their bodies.
Such an important and largely undiscussed problem. Will regulators and company executives act only when people die or farms are set alight? Thanks as always for your great pieces.
So true. It is an important issue.