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Elon Musk says SpaceX HQ officially moving to Texas, blames new CA trans student privacy law (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Starlink will never be orbital trash in any meaningful way

You're right. They'll be atmospheric pollution. That's what "burn up on reentry" means.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Well in that case, 100% of things that we've launched into space are either

    1: Space trash

    2: Atmospheric Trash

    3: Ocean Trash

    Except for the 1st stages of F9 and it's fairings, and one or two first stages of some other small start ups.

    Edit: sorry and the shuttle. In retrospect with the amount of refurbishment it required it wasn't really "reusable" per say, but it did avoid being ocean trash.

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