dantheclamman to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoUS issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Networkwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1782arrow-down16cross-posted to: space@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1776arrow-down1external-linkUS issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Networkwww.bbc.comdantheclamman to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square80fedilinkcross-posted to: space@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-square@whileloop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish44•9 months agoThat would make sense - the fine should be enough to pay for the satellite’s disposal.
minus-squaredantheclammanOPlinkfedilinkEnglish36•9 months agoOver 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.
That would make sense - the fine should be enough to pay for the satellite’s disposal.
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.