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This made me ask "wait, is that true" and apparently it is. Super, skin cancer for everyone. 🤦
And it'll take ages to have an impact too.
So the "reentry byproducts" from a satellite re-entering now, won't start breaking down ozone until 2056, and by then there will be another 30 years' worth of byproducts deposited in the upper atmosphere.
And since it's a catalyst, it won't even be consumed in the process like CFCs are.
Tldr aluminum from burning up satellites is a catalyst that breaks down ozone.
I wonder if wooden satellites would help. I don't know how capable they are compared to normal ones, but it should reduce the amount of aluminium we launch into space.