r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Moooses20 • Mar 06 '25

GIF RemoveDEBRIS satellite harpoons space junk in a plan to clean Earth's orbit

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u/redactid55 Mar 06 '25

Polluting so much even space needs to be cleaned

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u/yedi001 Mar 06 '25

Fun fact, in January, 120 starlink satellites were burned up in the atmosphere. Annually they're pumping tones of aluminum oxide into the atmosphere as a result of these burnt satellites, which is not great for our ozone layer.

Elon and his space garbage is literally becoming an existential threat to humanity.

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u/ThisWillTakeAllDay Mar 06 '25

Cool. So where are the chemtrail crowd on that one.