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And that's just the problem from the relatively narrow, all be it also important, perspective of astroimaging, the even more worrying ramification Paul, is covered in Dr Cheung's comments in the piece:
“Any error, any collision between satellites will cause what is called Kessler syndrome, which is that you have a runaway of space debris that will endanger other satellites,” he says.
“You don’t want to have the situation where people are just sending satellites up there without any coordination, without any consideration for others or for the public good.
“Because in the end, what will happen is that we pollute space for the benefit of no-one.”
The parallels with the rising CO2 emissions problem, is pretty strong...
Mike
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