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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Or maybe Tesla

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UPDATE: the merge has gone through, apparently for "$250 billion" of imaginary value of private company equity

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[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Agreed in general, but debris from collisions can head upwards as well.

For example, Kosmos-1408 orbited at about 475km and left debris from 300-1100km. This is an older debris chart, but it shows that event in red.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

I think that's kinda an unfair comparison considering this wasn't really a collision and more of a planned destruction via hypersonic missile.

It really isn't relevant to the original argument that star link satellites would mostly likely just burn up on reentry if left alone.