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7 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 9, 2022 by Alex Fielding · across every show →

Everything said about space debris, oldest first

Nov 9, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Fielding: Space insurance policies frequently exclude damage from space debris
“Many insurance policies in space on the riders exclude space debris from a covered loss.”
Alex Fielding Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 30:48 Privateer’s Steve Wozniak, Alex Fielding, and Dr. Moriba Jah on the Data Highway Above
Nov 9, 2022 neutral
Prediction Held up
Wozniak: Privateer will focus on space data, not debris removal
“We're not going to go up and try to gather things, you know, and bring them down. Some people are trying that. We just want to make the information available so people could do it if they want to.”
Steve Wozniak Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 24:19 Privateer’s Steve Wozniak, Alex Fielding, and Dr. Moriba Jah on the Data Highway Above
Nov 9, 2022 negative
Opinion
Fielding: Humanity has turned Earth's orbit into a giant ball of trash
“We've made a giant ball of trash.”
Alex Fielding Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 0:17 Privateer’s Steve Wozniak, Alex Fielding, and Dr. Moriba Jah on the Data Highway Above
Dec 27, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Jah: 96% of objects launched into space become non-functional garbage
“96% of the stuff that we put in space to turn out To be garbage.”
Dr. Moriba Jah Dec 27, 2022 ▶ 30:56 a16z Podcast: Best Clips of 2022
Dec 27, 2022
Assertion Partly supported
Fielding: Ground radar misses over one million centimeter-sized space debris pieces
“So we're talking about over a million pieces of debris that are smaller than a centimeter. But the only thing we can really see from ground-based radar is stuff that's bigger than the size of a softball.”
Alex Fielding Dec 27, 2022 ▶ 31:26 a16z Podcast: Best Clips of 2022
Dec 27, 2022
Assertion Partly supported
Jah: Earth orbit contained 1,200 working satellites and 26,000 debris pieces in 2006
“At that time in 2006, there were only 1200 working satellites and 26,000 pieces of garbage.”
Dr. Moriba Jah Dec 27, 2022 ▶ 30:30 a16z Podcast: Best Clips of 2022
Dec 27, 2022 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fielding: Space insurance policy riders routinely exclude space debris damage
“Many insurance policies in space on the riders exclude space debris from a covered loss.”
Alex Fielding Dec 27, 2022 ▶ 33:41 a16z Podcast: Best Clips of 2022
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