shoulderoforion to Technology • 5 hours agoLarge Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Piecesfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: space
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A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•3 hours agoI guess space is technically out of the environment.
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 hours agoThey thought it did … so they tried turning it off then on again … and it exploded.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•3 hours ago“Did it pass the smoke test?” “Kinda… There’s no smoke, anyway…”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-23•4 hours agoThat line was really funny. The first time we heard it. Many years ago.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•4 hours agoYou should tow it out of the environment or something.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-5•2 hours agoIt’s roughly equivalent to “something something pilot’s balls” in the comments of a video of an aircraft. A joke that’s been absolutely beaten to death years ago, but people just will not accept it’s run it’s course.
Did the front fall off?
I guess space is technically out of the environment.
They thought it did … so they tried turning it off then on again … and it exploded.
“Did it pass the smoke test?”
“Kinda… There’s no smoke, anyway…”
That line was really funny. The first time we heard it. Many years ago.
Not my fault it’s still relevant.
You should tow it out of the environment or something.
It’s roughly equivalent to “something something pilot’s balls” in the comments of a video of an aircraft.
A joke that’s been absolutely beaten to death years ago, but people just will not accept it’s run it’s course.