US imposes $150,000 fine on Dish Network for space debris::undefined

    • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

      Yeah! They definitely will learn when they have to pay less than a percent of their total revenue in 2022!

      /s

    • unphazed@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I don’t really get why they got fined when they did the best they could. The satellite was launched 20 years before the law was in effect. It’s not like they knew that in 20 years they would need x amount of fuel (though to be fair, it probably would have been about 150k in extra cost back then)

      • hyperhopper@lemmy.ml
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        2 years ago

        Agreed about them doing nothing against the law in the past.

        But against your last anecdote: 150k now is worth more than having to maybe pay 150k later