the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Oct 27, 2025
Satellites fall to the earth at an alarming—and increasing—rate. Every day, three or so satellites fall—around 1,200 per year, and rising!
To save fuel, companies like Elon Musk’s Starlink launch many satellites for telecommunications and surveillance only several hundred miles up into the zone called low earth orbit, where the thinning atmosphere is still thick enough to protect them from ultraviolet radiation.
But the air also causes friction which slowly forces the satellites from orbit. They need to fire their booster engines periodically to return to orbit. But the fuel they can carry only lasts around five years. So after five years they start falling.
If they don’t break up or burn up entirely, they might hit someone or something. But the companies don’t address this problem. The world’s governments, which spend a king’s ransom to subsidize the companies, let them get away with this.
The capitalist system needs to be ejected from earth, never to return.