"The surge in megasatellite constellations is creating problems beyond amplifying the Earth-circling space debris, according to new research. Reentering spacecraft and rocket stages may also be damaging Earth’s atmosphere. 'Space waste,' spacecraft reentering the atmosphere, injects a considerable amount of its matter into the mesosphere and lower #thermosphere — enough to potentially weaken the Earth’s #ozone layer."

https://spacenews.com/uncontrolled-experiment-study-links-harmful-atmospheric-metals-to-spacecraft-reentry/

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‘Uncontrolled experiment:’ Study links harmful atmospheric metals to spacecraft reentry

‘Uncontrolled experiment:’ Study links harmful atmospheric metals to spacecraft reentry

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@space_environmentalism Civilization moving itself from THX-1138 closer to WALL-E every day, it seems. #sciencefiction #thx1138 #walle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138
THX 1138 - Wikipedia

@space_environmentalism in the android netrunner scifi settings, they use device similar to weather baloon instead of satellite. Lower deployment cost, can be retrieved, lower ping to less distance.

This could be coupled with the prototype of wind turbine on baloon and fleet of weather baloon to get clean power and better weather prediction

@space_environmentalism ”Tear down the red tape”, they said. ”It’ll be great for innovation”, they said. ”If we won’t do it, China will”, they said.
@gimulnautti Hello, can you please look at my story and help me publish it?🙏

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Old enough to remember when dumping raw sewage into the ocean was considered normal because the ocean was so big.