Well seeing as any future business in either rockets or satellite internet both depend on not creating space junk, I think they are pretty motivated to not let that happen.
Humanity is not so good at doing things in their best interests. We have over utilized any natural resource we have ever consumed often to our own determent.
Exactly. Evolution has not primed us with reward mechanisms linked to long term goals relating to pollution or over-utilisation of natural resources. Also financial incentives are often misaligned with these long term goals. As a result we have a tendency to create a mess - on land, in the oceans, in space, wherever we spread
