There is a lot I could say about the ideas expressed in this article. An increasing #SpaceDebris population will undoubtedly lead to challenges for the space industry whether or not they choose to recognise it now https://spacenews.com/space-industry-undeterred-by-congestion-and-debris/
Space industry undeterred by congestion and debris

The space industry does not expect its growth to be dampened by congestion or doom-and-gloom narrative, executives said Feb. 7 at the SmallSat Symposium.

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@ProfHughLewis of course they’ll be happy to take lots of govt money to study ways to reduce it…