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I have seen the starlinks drift across and through Acrux on a clear night, usually around 9pm or so. Whilst it's great to marvel at human technology advances, I start to think about all the unused junk thats out there.
Only recently I heard an interview on ABC adelaide with a lady who is classed as a Space Architect. She is studying the junk thats there. What I can't understand is why we can't retrieve it?
Yes i am aware they are moving quickly, but with say SpaceX's technology and money, develop orbiting satellites that can be controlled to clean up the junk, somehow gather and return to earth, or bundle up and push it through atmosphere to burn up? 🤷*♂️🤷*♀️
Surely at some point the junk up there is a huge danger to future projects. Aka launching rockets, commercial flights into orbit etc. Imagine hearing in 20 years "25 people died on a virgin galactic flight, it was believed they collided with the left overs of an AOL satellite from 1996"
Damien
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