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The company or government that launched them. Constellation operators have major interest in removal services, but also there are new regulations that require them to deorbit within 5 years of end of mission. Even if the satellites have the ability to maneuver themselves, failed satellites would need help from a removal service.

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-adopts-new-5-year-rule-deorbiting-satellites

Maybe start thinking about the actions that are space related, that players would do.

Is it about politics? Resource management? Is it more like playing a hero-character and fighting stuff? Are you searching for stuff (exploring) and you need something to complete a mission (-> racing condition)?

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Yeah, they're def after us - I'm just wondering when we'll respond...

Kinda already begun tbh. especially with this counter starlink constellation stuff they recently set up.

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I actually saw it for the first time with my bare eyes just a couple weeks ago! (Well knowingly, I’m sure I’ve seen it hundreds of times over the years and just assumed it was a bright star lol)

This person knows what's up.

I haven't been but I love Cherry Springs in Pennsylvania. Actually caught a shadow at my feet from only the milky way there, on a moonless night. It was magical. Check it out it's a state park built for astronomy and the only dark territory on the east coast.

Going all the way to Callisto to mine it still wouldn't make sense.

Uranium is actually one of the more common elements in the crust. It's just about finding an economically viable concentration and going to Callisto isn't. Aside from the fact that the surface is covered in Ice

• What is this ?

• The Truth.

• About what ?

• The dads who never came back. That's where they all went.

• That's sounds stupid, I don't get what you m/

• Yes ! Yes you do. We all do. They taught us since we are young, boys will be boys. AND they told us where boys go, and why. We just repeated it without paying attention. But now I have the proof, guessed their path ,saw them takeoff, I KNOW! the Truth.

So now tell me [whoever replies]... ####WHERE DO BOYS GO... AND WHY?

Indeed. Another reason to skip Mars entirely.

So when do we start the real space race with China??

At least NASA can say they are relying on Boeing, ULA, and Blue Origin to get Americans to the moon, and relying on Collins Aerospace to build a new spacesuit.

The ability of NASA to ignore SpaceX and continue handing over hundreds of millions to low-yielding subcontractors spread across different congressional districts, is amazing.

Just to be clear: /s

You forget mars has an atmosphere. Thin, but it's there. The question when choosing the two will be this: Can humans build radiation shielding good enough to live permanently on Mars, and of not then what are the trade offs because Callisto has no atmosphere for aerobraking... So which challenge is solvable first?

What If uranium is super scarce on Earth....

Yes, it is a lovely spot! Fairly dark skies, at least to the west (Mackinaw City to the east makes that side a bit bright).

The energy cost to bring that uranium back is immense though.

Unveils a concept. Its a bit like Dynetics, but stages vertically instead of horizontally. Its meant to ditches the first stage shortly *before* landing on the moon.

Well, I figured getting to space, for Humanity, is really going to be an everybody effort. Study Ernest Callenbach, current state of the art in post scarcity, and build that game that slowly gets people ready for a world wide effort.

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I don't care what anyone says, that remains one of my favorite horror movies.

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