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Because it ends up as just noise. If there’s no track record of execution, there’s little hope if any that this will be fruitful in any capacity.
Does execution really matter? Elon Musk exists.
Great hard sci-fi manga series using this concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes
As a note, the manga is a lot less "hard" but no less enjoyable than the anime. For the anime they had a bunch of space folks consult to fix things up so if the space faring details bother you watch that.
I always had this question, though maybe there's a simple answer why nobody is doing this. Why it's not mandatory to have some smallish engine attached, which at the end of satellite's life would lower the orbit enough until atmosphere picks it up and it will slow down significantly on it's own and burn up? Is it because most satellites will not fully burn and actually hit the ground, i.e. it's liability? Is it becau…
The FCC _is_ working on making orbital cleanup mandatory: https://www.fcc.gov/document/mitigating-orbital-debris-new-s...
It will be interesting to see how they are planning to earn money. The only ones willing to expend resources on space cleanup right now seem to be ESA (the European Space Agency).
I think that will change very quickly when we have a collision in space. I imagine SpaceX, for instance, would be pretty interested in cleaning up space junk if two of their LEO satellites collide.
SpaceX satellites are passively de-conflicted. Which means that the orbits are planned such that the satellites never can be at the same place at the same point in time. But yes SpaceX does care a lot about debris in their orbital shell.
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I think that will change very quickly when we have a collision in space. I imagine SpaceX, for instance, would be pretty interested in cleaning up space junk if two of their LEO satellites collide.
Pretty sure that SpaceX is enough of an environmental disaster already that they won't care.
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That's a great movie! There's also Japanese anime series set in the near-future sci-fi about a small company that cleans up space debris, called "Planet ES"
Its actually called Planetes, which means "wanderers", and was the term the ancient Greeks used for the "wandering stars", i.e. other planets. I cannot recommend it highly enough! It starts out pretty slapstick, but if you're looking for something more thoughtful, just stick it out until after the ninja episode. I promise it's worth it.
They will be happy to hear about Woz's project; Woz is doing something useful with the opportunity for commercial space.
Does anyone else see Wozniak as the headliner and shrug? He has no track-record of successful companies since Apple. Why is this news and why did it hit the front page of HN?
Someone with only a distant view of the space industry said to me, 'I don't understand they excitement over the new private launch companies (Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, etc.). They are doing things that were accomplished 50 years ago; they are just money-making ventures, not exploration.' I think it's a good point to think about (try to restrain yourself, as I do, from picking at their point-of-view). They…
> In a press release for a 3D titanium alloy printer, spotted by Gizmodo, Privateer is described as a “satellite company focused on monitoring and cleaning up objects in space”
Here is the press release:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210804005651/en/Des...
> “3D printing with titanium is incredibly valuable in industries like aerospace because of the material’s ability to support complex and lightweight designs,” said Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Privateer Space, a new satellite company focused on monitoring and cleaning up objects in space.*