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[–] 30 points 1 month 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.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    How about a frozen yogurt? I call it frogurt.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The frogurt is also capitalist.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    They're so low they'll just burn up

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month 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.

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