User blog comment:Hidden Scorpius XI/My impressions on "CCTS" (WoR, V3-E3)./@comment-25396609-20151227181554

Actually I believe we did the space flight thing in order to place satellites in orbit, however we use fossil fuels that maintain their energy after leaving the atmosphere, whereas Remnant has Dust which stops working. It is likely they attempted and failed to put satellites in orbit, and during the process they discovered that dust loses its power outside the atmosphere.