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by Ajedi32 2568 days ago
> and for cleaning up the debris that might result from expiration of, or collisions between, tens of thousands of commercial satellites

FWIW, at the altitudes Starlink operates at, that completely hypothetical scenario would only take a few years to remedy, and would cost $0 as the debris naturally de-orbits due to atmospheric drag.