“I can’t get my head around the fact that we now pay to run on machines that were the harshest form of punishment, short of the death penalty, for about 100 years”
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Link to thread? Who hands out the numbers?They appreciate your humour more than your wisdom.
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It concerns me that people who put stuff into space aren't liable to clean it up when it doesn't work anymore.It's gonna be a really interesting day in orbit:
2 satellites will narrowly avoid colliding at 32,800 mph over Pittsburgh on Wednesday | Live Science
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Yeah, there really need to be concerted efforts made - by all space-faring countries & agencies - to clean things up. This business is out of hand.It concerns me that people who put stuff into space aren't liable to clean it up when it doesn't work anymore.

Yeah, there really need to be concerted efforts made - by all space-faring countries & agencies - to clean things up. This business is out of hand.
And in case anyone missed it, here's the space junk news from just two days ago:
Boeing and DirecTV are scrambling to move a satellite before it explodes
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Yep, I've read about that too.Reading these stories last night into today made me thing of the unconscionable garbage dump the asshats who are “touristy” climbing Mt. Everest have created!
“...In addition to limiting plastic trash, this year’s event will donate leftover food, recover kitchen oil for biofuel, and use energy-efficientlighting, among other green measures....”
Well, that explains several things.