# The Great Ongoing Space Exploration Thread

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**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-space-exploration-thread/925703 "2020-11-16T12:18:17Z")\
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Excellent work by the FCC:

> **[US issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Network](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66993647)**
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> Dish Network will have to pay $150,000 for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from the Earth.

It’s not a big fine and this sort of fine will not be dealt out by the Chinese or the Russians to their own agencies who are some of the worst offenders, but it’s good leadership and sets an important precedent.

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