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Space Biorefineries
Orbital facilities that cultivate engineered microbes to refine materials from decomposed satellites into useful materials for space-based manufacturing and research. These biorefineries could be powered by solar energy and create a cyclical resource flow within the space environment.

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Satellites are designed with biological degradation mechanisms, allowing them to safely decompose after their mission end through genetically modified microbes.
Extrapolated from The Space Junk Crisis Needs a Recycling Revolution - Scientific American

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