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ferrel_hadley t1_j50lwx1 wrote

Good luck to them but I am not really clear on the business model.

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collegefurtrader t1_j50ptmb wrote

Raise capitol, produce infographics.

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ferrel_hadley t1_j50qkk7 wrote

2 years late not that, SPAC world went splat.

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sifuyee t1_j51405t wrote

$29M would beg to differ on the lateness. Apparently a lot of new suckers can be born in 2 years.

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GotGRR t1_j51fk4w wrote

For now, but a few cascading collisions away and literally every dollar that's currently related to space stuff is at risk without cleanup.

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L_Leigh t1_j528u3a wrote

Exactly, u/GotGRR . Let NASA, ESA, or any of the other space agencies lose a few more craft, and they'll beg to fund cleanup.

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zeeblecroid t1_j55odcu wrote

Basically that, yeah. Debris recovery that involves physical rendezvous is a flashy dead end, but still a dead end.

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sifuyee t1_j514grl wrote

There is none without a customer to pay for the service and the only logical customer would be government or similar. We're in real need of some agreements that would actually fund useful cleanup operations, but probably a reasonably long way from getting them.

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Mysterious-House-600 t1_j53vzmo wrote

Hint: debris is not that different from an active Russian satellite if you’re the US military.

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