Submitted by DevilsRefugee t3_11e13un in space
theexile14 t1_jacroly wrote
Reply to comment by JonesoftheNorth in We need more rules for space junk and moon bases, NASA and US officials say by DevilsRefugee
Maybe? Some older intact satellites may be of some value with more reliable in orbit servicing. Outside of those though, not so much. There's little infrastructure to recycle parts, and the cost of doing so would greatly exceed launch costs.
The short and medium term path needs to be developing infrastructure to keep orbit cleaner (deorbiting and refueling old sats).
JonesoftheNorth t1_jacsvuw wrote
Ya, the straight-up melting of metals, etc, would be hard, I get it. Perhaps the components of the orbiting devices could be re-used for non-critical systems in future developments. 🤷♂️ dunno just spit balling here. ✌️
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