• Nighed@sffa.community
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    1 year ago

    Should the fine not be the cost of a mission to move the satellite? It’s within our technology now.

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        1 year ago

        Over and over we’ve seen companies not be held responsible for the cleanup of their projects. A lot of parallels to the fossil fuel industry, where they often abandon their wells with little recourse for the people left to clean up the pieces.

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      1 year ago

      Article says the fine is for not moving the satellite far enough away from things still being used. Maybe all they have to do is send it a command to move itself further