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[–] Phantaloons@piefed.zip 30 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How about a frozen yogurt? I call it frogurt.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The frogurt is also capitalist.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But you get your choice of topping.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The toppings contain regulatory capture.

Edit: That’s bad.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Why not frozurt? It sounds less cursed!

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Blowing up satellites turns it from 1 bit of space junk into thousands...

[–] CorporalCookie@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They're so low they'll just burn up

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Eventually, doesn't it still take a while though?

[–] CorporalCookie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

With the compressed gas actively keeping them in orbit they're only expected to have a 5 year lifespan before they deorbit. Unpowered, they'd probably deorbit in about a year or so

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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.

[–] signalsayge@infosec.pub 4 points 3 months ago

I think by pure count, the amount of space junk would go up. The pieces would just be a lot smaller.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

I think it's fine to get Starlink and dislike Musk.

No no one liked Carlos Slim or Sol Trujillo either.