We Are Doing to Low Earth Orbit What We Did to the Oceans

Earth911
May 5, 2026, 7:00 am70 ptsTrending
About two tons of satellite material burns up in Earth’s atmosphere every day. That is the steady-state exhaust of a single company’s broadband network, SpaceX’s Starlink, operating at its current scale. Each vaporized spacecraft leaves behind aluminum oxide, lithium, copper, and a growing list of metals…

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