The Space Junk Problem is About to Get WAY Worse

The sky above our heads is about to get way more cluttered with space junk than it already is. Increasing risk of collisions, atmospheric contamination, and runaway doomsday scenario called Kesler syndrome that could put humanity's ability to operate in space at risk. Elon Musk just got the green light to double the number of Starlink satellites currently in orbit and to have them operate closer to Earth than ever before. He's even started pushing the idea of building AI data centers in space. And he's not ...