
Is Outer Space the New Wild West? (Robert Wright & Douglas Ligor)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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Is That a Catastrophe?
Companies that have satellites in space want to expend as little fuel as possible, because it increases the life of the satellite. So they're disincentivized to accept low levels of risk. It'll take a much bigger catastrophe to get people's attention and say 'We've now lost 500 satellites by an orbit'
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