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Joates87 t1_jd4yw8i wrote

Reply to comment by drop_database_run in Student built satellite launched by SpaceX and powered by 48 AA batteries and a $20 microprocessor shows a low-cost way to reduce space junk by DukeOfGeek

We get it, the title just kinda lies.

Reducing space junk implies the removal or elimination of the already existing problem.

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drop_database_run t1_jd4zciz wrote

That space junk will eventually eliminate itself, this does eliminate space junk faster as in my example above it does mitigate the total amount of stuff in orbit. It isn't wrong, it's just not right in the way you were hoping. Short of making a space garbage truck this is the way forward

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