Reply to post: What to do with all of last-year's iPhone 50s?

No wonder Bezos wants to move industry into orbit: In space, no one can hear you* scream

jimmy-o

What to do with all of last-year's iPhone 50s?

It's $3 per kilo in electricity prices to get a kilo into orbit - that's very expensive garbage disposal. Or will the earth become an ever-growing pile of junk?

Creating a circular economy sounds like a more viable focus.

https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/4330/how-much-energy-is-required-to-put-1-kg-in-leo

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