• @sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2012 hours ago

    Bye bye future space launches once we have full or partial Kessler syndrome.

    Bye bye earth based astronomy.

    But dang this tech is so much better than Hughesnet

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    • @mholiv
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      1410 hours ago

      Kessler syndrome doesn’t really apply for purely LEO satellites. They all burn up in a single digit amount of years.

      It’s not something to worry about yet.

      • @GrosPapatouf
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        15 hours ago

        This is true at 500km altitude, but not so at higher LEO altitudes.

      • @sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 hours ago

        On the contrary, I think it is something to avoid. Imagine letting a single person ground all space launches for 9 years. And all the pollution that adds to the atmosphere. All the junk landing on people’s farms or houses.

        • @mholiv
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          5 hours ago

          It doesn’t work that way. I dislike Elon as much as the next sane person but we don’t need to invent new reasons to dislike him on top of all of the bad reasons that exist.