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[–] 30 points 2 months ago (15 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 2 months ago (7 children)

    How about a frozen yogurt? I call it frogurt.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    The frogurt is also capitalist.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    They're so low they'll just burn up

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  • [–] 1 point 2 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.

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