Why are framing this in terms of "making a buck" rather than doing amazing science and then having to fix unintended consequences- which is the story of all human progress?
Did you read the article? There's an entire section on all the redundant and unnecessary commercial tech floating around at extremely high velocity. Most of it no longer about science. Also from the article, the first highly regarded individual (Kessler, himself) pointed out the danger nearly 47 years ago. Unintended consequences??
I think about the pieces of being all metal and since metals become one as they touch maybe some type of way they could just have a metal ball out there that creeps up to those objects and they cling together and stick over and over and over again. But I think that's my imagination I don't know how they're going to fix this stuff. I remember a while back they thought of some big sail that scoops up everything as it flies around the earth.
This idea of objects 'becoming one' seems unlikely because of the speeds at which they collide. These impacts are the literal equivalent of a dynamite explosion. If you mean by fusing the debris together somehow, I imagine the logistics of that would be extremely difficult--assuming it is even possible. The RemoveDEBRIS project mentioned in the article has many of the solutions they are thinking about on their website. Check it out. Whether it could work or not, who knows. But at least people are trying.
Why does the paper assume that greed is the driving force and government control the solution?
Wouldn't there be an incentive for scientists to develop an arsenal of potential solutions?
It's still amazing to me what we will do to ourselves to make a buck.
Why are framing this in terms of "making a buck" rather than doing amazing science and then having to fix unintended consequences- which is the story of all human progress?
Did you read the article? There's an entire section on all the redundant and unnecessary commercial tech floating around at extremely high velocity. Most of it no longer about science. Also from the article, the first highly regarded individual (Kessler, himself) pointed out the danger nearly 47 years ago. Unintended consequences??
When do we, as humans, progress to the point where we can predict these issues? Oh, wait. We did.
What a conundrum. 🤨
I think about the pieces of being all metal and since metals become one as they touch maybe some type of way they could just have a metal ball out there that creeps up to those objects and they cling together and stick over and over and over again. But I think that's my imagination I don't know how they're going to fix this stuff. I remember a while back they thought of some big sail that scoops up everything as it flies around the earth.
This idea of objects 'becoming one' seems unlikely because of the speeds at which they collide. These impacts are the literal equivalent of a dynamite explosion. If you mean by fusing the debris together somehow, I imagine the logistics of that would be extremely difficult--assuming it is even possible. The RemoveDEBRIS project mentioned in the article has many of the solutions they are thinking about on their website. Check it out. Whether it could work or not, who knows. But at least people are trying.