Originally Posted by
Surfacetoair
Is the unplanned and uncharted explosion of the starship section terrible for the space junk problem that apparently exists?
As I think at least one other has posted, the flight was never going to be truly in orbit and the destruction of both stages one and two might put debris in a very low earth orbit but it will quickly de-orbit and burn up. I think it's worth remembering that the point of these tests is to get reusable heavy-lift rockets into space that are reusable, so not only do they reduce contributing to orbital debris, they become more affordable.