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by parksy 1775 days ago
My grandad always used to say "where there's muck there's brass" and I always imagined at some point that would include cleaning up space debris, whether to recycle the materials or simply clear space for others.

I actually love the idea of being able to hire someone to shift an orbital object into various orbits. It opens up the possibility of launching a proof of concept satellite or telescope, and not needing to worry about fitting it out with heavy fuel and thrusters. Just pay someone else to deal with that.

With a transport & servicing network in place, that opens the field for a range of centralised operations as well - refuelling depots, recycling services, production lines, it doesn't make sense for all of these to have their own dedicated transport networks.

Good luck with your enterprise, as space activities become more abundant, roles become increasingly specialised, and having a service dedicated to wrangling heavy objects about the place seems like a logical next step.

1 comments

Your grandad speaks truth! Couldn't agree with the vision you laid out more, this is exactly how we see ourselves being an enabler for other businesses and enterprises operating in space.