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I for one would like to see the satellites modified with a heat shield so they could punch through and hit a designated deorbit zone. I would even offer my backyard, but I fear it's too small. Wouldn't that be the ultimate tourist attraction? "Witness the next deorbit round tomorrow at Crater Park Observatory!"
I for one would like to see the satellites modified with a heat shield so they could punch through and hit a designated deorbit zone. I would even offer my backyard, but I fear it's too small. Wouldn't that be the ultimate tourist attraction? "Witness the next deorbit round tomorrow at Crater Park Observatory!"
That it is true or not is irrelevant. Fact is that it will a endless quarrel between scientists, until enough time has passed, where it is either: * forgotten as the problem was not real * too late as the problem was real History will repeat itself subtly, that's the only certainty
Catalytic converters in aggregate costs something like 1/2 a trillion dollars for clean air. We don’t hear about Acid rain because sulfur dioxide emissions are down well over 90% thus dealing with the actual problem.
Even CO2 emissions are well below the “do nothing” projections. Instead of being hopeless humanity has a long track record of some basic cost benefit analysis and then mitigating issues.
I for one would like to see the satellites modified with a heat shield so they could punch through and hit a designated deorbit zone. I would even offer my backyard, but I fear it's too small. Wouldn't that be the ultimate tourist attraction? "Witness the next deorbit round tomorrow at Crater Park Observatory!"
Wouldn't that be some form of kinetic orbital bombardment. Not sure that you want to have this in your backyard.
I for one would like to see the satellites modified with a heat shield so they could punch through and hit a designated deorbit zone. I would even offer my backyard, but I fear it's too small. Wouldn't that be the ultimate tourist attraction? "Witness the next deorbit round tomorrow at Crater Park Observatory!"
Wouldn't that be some form of kinetic orbital bombardment. Not sure that you want to have this in your backyard.
My neighbours are too close too. Any stray parts would cut into the proceeds of ticket sales to the bunker at the center where you can watch live streams of the parcels hitting on top of you.
I for one would like to see the satellites modified with a heat shield so they could punch through and hit a designated deorbit zone. I would even offer my backyard, but I fear it's too small. Wouldn't that be the ultimate tourist attraction? "Witness the next deorbit round tomorrow at Crater Park Observatory!"
Wouldn't that be some form of kinetic orbital bombardment. Not sure that you want to have this in your backyard.
That it is true or not is irrelevant. Fact is that it will a endless quarrel between scientists, until enough time has passed, where it is either: * forgotten as the problem was not real * too late as the problem was real History will repeat itself subtly, that's the only certainty
Humanity has actually solved many issues brought up by scientists before they caused drastic harm. A few that come to mind are acid rain, smog, DDT, and CFC’s. Catalytic converters in aggregate costs something like 1/2 a trillion dollars for clean air. We don’t hear about Acid rain because sulfur dioxide emissions are down well over 90% thus dealing with the actual problem. Even CO2 emissions are well below the “do n…
I for one would like to see the satellites modified with a heat shield so they could punch through and hit a designated deorbit zone. I would even offer my backyard, but I fear it's too small. Wouldn't that be the ultimate tourist attraction? "Witness the next deorbit round tomorrow at Crater Park Observatory!"
But don’t satellites have toxic components? While most of it will be burnt up some bits get to the ground.
Satellites are made from material, and can’t be safely disassembled. Rentry is uncontrolled incineration, depending on a large part of the pollutants being diluted across the sky, and the ground and water on which they fall.
Background levels would rise.
Sometimes it seems like some people have a pathological need to be a doomer about any human activity. See also: "Kessler syndrome" doomerism about LEO satellites, the debris of which would only be a concern for a few years.
(I trace it all back to Jurassic park. It trained an entire generation to be afraid of technology.)
[0] https://www2.tulane.edu/~sanelson/Natural_Disasters/impacts....