**rubs forehead and mutters to self**: as if we don't have enough problems:

"the choice to burn up satellites in the atmosphere may pose a significant risk to the Earth’s climate and the ozone layer, through the resulting alteration of atmospheric chemistry. . . . with a typical satellite weighing of order 1,000 kg [2,200 lb], and being primarily metallic, the steady state injection of metals into the stratosphere by vaporization of satellites would be at least 8,000 tons per year."

https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/musks-space-junk-is-a-threat-to-us-all/

#space #SpaceJunk #starlink #climate #environment #pollution #garbage #trash #nature #air