RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116138358977573385
What happens to all the man-made #satellites in #Earth's #orbit, of which approximately 15,000 are active, while the #lifespan of a satellite is usually only a few years? L. Revell et al. (2026) express concern in their #Conversation #article that the #throwawaymentality is causing so many decommissioned satellites to finally land in the #outeratmosphere that their #fragments and burnt #dust are #exacerbating #climatechange and #ozonedepletion.
© this text #StefanFWirth 2026
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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**Across Lifetimes**
#writings #fragments
I’ve met so many faces,
walked with strangers in the rain,
yet something in me waits,
for someone I’ve never met.
Sometimes I feel you near,
like a half remembered dream,
Maybe you’re my soulmate,
someone I’ve loved a thousand times
in lives I can’t remember.
Maybe you’re lost like I am too,
searching without a clue,
and one day, when time stands still,
I’ll finally recognize you,
the one I’ve always known,
the one I never knew enough.