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minus-squarePhantaloons@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down3·2 days agoYay! but the Ukraine war effort Boo! but less space junk! Yay! but all those just… normal Starlink customers who need internet Boo! but fuck Musk! Yay! I’m gonna need a drink.
minus-squareHerbGrower@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoBlowing up satellites turns it from 1 bit of space junk into thousands…
minus-squareCorporalCookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoThey’re so low they’ll just burn up
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoDepends what new orbit a given piece of junk is in. It could be mostly higher, only approaching the old one at it’s semiminor axis. It’s not as bad as blowing up a higher satellite, but most antisatellite weapons try to capture rather than destroy to avoid the question entirely.
minus-squareHerbGrower@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoEventually, doesn’t it still take a while though?
minus-squaresignalsayge@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI think by pure count, the amount of space junk would go up. The pieces would just be a lot smaller.
minus-squareEvilBit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoHow about a frozen yogurt? I call it frogurt.
minus-squareEvilBit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThe frogurt is also capitalist.
minus-squareEvilBit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoBut you get your choice of topping.
minus-squareEvilBit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThe toppings contain regulatory capture. Edit: That’s bad.
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWhy not frozurt? It sounds less cursed!
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days agoI think it’s fine to get Starlink and dislike Musk. No no one liked Carlos Slim or Sol Trujillo either.
Yay! but the Ukraine war effort Boo! but less space junk! Yay! but all those just… normal Starlink customers who need internet Boo! but fuck Musk! Yay!
I’m gonna need a drink.
Blowing up satellites turns it from 1 bit of space junk into thousands…
They’re so low they’ll just burn up
Depends what new orbit a given piece of junk is in. It could be mostly higher, only approaching the old one at it’s semiminor axis.
It’s not as bad as blowing up a higher satellite, but most antisatellite weapons try to capture rather than destroy to avoid the question entirely.
Eventually, doesn’t it still take a while though?
I think by pure count, the amount of space junk would go up. The pieces would just be a lot smaller.
How about a frozen yogurt? I call it frogurt.
That’s good!
The frogurt is also capitalist.
That’s bad!
But you get your choice of topping.
That’s good!
The toppings contain regulatory capture.
Edit: That’s bad.
Why not frozurt? It sounds less cursed!
I think it’s fine to get Starlink and dislike Musk.
No no one liked Carlos Slim or Sol Trujillo either.