| ▲ | Centigonal an hour ago |
| Hank Green did a video recently advocating for an "orbit value tax" -- like a Georgist Land Value Tax, but for orbits. This tax would, among other things, help fund orbital cleanup and internalize the externality of polluting orbital shells. It's an idea that deserves more discourse IMO. Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLjW6zuYmos |
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| ▲ | nba456_ 35 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| And who does the tax get paid to? Some mythical Global Government that will totally work this time? |
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| ▲ | steveBK123 10 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | My new startup, SPECTRE. It's a new SaaS play - Satellites As A Service. That is, your satellite gets to stay in orbit as long as you pay me. Otherwise my satellite killer eats them. | |
| ▲ | LunaSea 27 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Any company removing space debris from orbit. Like a carbon capture price to offset your launch. | | |
| ▲ | nba456_ 15 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | What you're describing is a global government, otherwise that can't be enforced. | | |
| ▲ | jqbd 6 minutes ago | parent [-] | | US can enforce US satellites, no? | | |
| ▲ | swiftcoder 3 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Provided they are launched in the US, on a US-owned carrier? Most likely Can't necessarily stop a multinational firing things to space on Russian/Chinese/ESA launch vehicles |
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| ▲ | 17 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | [deleted] |
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| ▲ | mukbangpervert 28 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | The video discusses this directly. |
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| ▲ | nradov 14 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Do you think Russia will be willing to pay a tax on their new Rassvet constellation? |
