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minus-squarePhantaloons@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down2·1 month agoYay! 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.
minus-squareEvilBit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoHow about a frozen yogurt? I call it frogurt.
minus-squareEvilBit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe frogurt is also capitalist.
minus-squareEvilBit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoBut you get your choice of topping.
minus-squareEvilBit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe toppings contain regulatory capture. Edit: That’s bad.
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWhy not frozurt? It sounds less cursed!
minus-squareHerbGrower@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoBlowing up satellites turns it from 1 bit of space junk into thousands…
minus-squareCorporalCookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoThey’re so low they’ll just burn up
minus-squareHerbGrower@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoEventually, doesn’t it still take a while though?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDepends 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.
minus-squaresignalsayge@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI think by pure count, the amount of space junk would go up. The pieces would just be a lot smaller.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoI think it’s fine to get Starlink and dislike Musk. No no one liked Carlos Slim or Sol Trujillo either.
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.
How about a frozen yogurt? I call it frogurt.
That’s good!
The frogurt is also capitalist.
That’s bad!
But you get your choice of topping.
That’s good!
The toppings contain regulatory capture.
Edit: That’s bad.
Why not frozurt? It sounds less cursed!
Blowing up satellites turns it from 1 bit of space junk into thousands…
They’re so low they’ll just burn up
Eventually, doesn’t it still take a while though?
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.
I think by pure count, the amount of space junk would go up. The pieces would just be a lot smaller.
I think it’s fine to get Starlink and dislike Musk.
No no one liked Carlos Slim or Sol Trujillo either.