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There are 2,000-plus dead rockets in orbit—here’s a rare view of one (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Or, looked at another way: everything we've ever thrown in the ocean... Is still in the ocean. Space junk seems unique because it is moving. But really we've been discarding crap wherever for all of human history.

[–] Zectivi@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Absolutely a fair point and I thank you for mentioning it. I hope through our continued evolution, we learn to stop polluting our surroundings.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

everything we’ve ever thrown in the ocean… Is still in the ocean

Including most of the first stages for the aforementioned rockets, which were much larger than the upper stages.