Beep5d ago

A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth

https://lemmus.org/post/21093378

Show threadDale5d ago
LEO satellites decay very quickly every one of them will burn up in the atmosphere within 10 years. They need to be replaced constantly. As soon as spacex goes out of business these will all fall out of the sky.
Show threadteyrnon5d ago
Any way to help them do that?
Show threadDale5d ago
No way that’s cheaper or easier than waiting
Show threadteyrnon5d ago
I’m wondering from a pure academic standpoint here honest. Like What about a laser?
Show threadDale5d ago
Lmao I wish. Satellites and their components have to be “hardened” to survive extreme temperatures and radiation in space. There’s probably nothing on it you could disable with any laser you could buy. Plus there’s the matter of targeting them.
Show threadharrys_balzac
Good ole brute force is the best method, though, as you said, targeting is a huge problem. Basically you need a low Earth orbit shotgun.
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Show threadGrimy5d ago
Kessler syndrome though.
Show threadharrys_balzac5d ago
Oh yeah. I keep forgetting about that. I suppose I need to study it a little more to make it stick.
Show threadImgonnatrythis5d ago
Do they have those at Walmart?
Show threadharrys_balzac5d ago
Probably. I imagine you could probably get one at a gun show in Texas
Show threadgandalf_der_12te5d ago
i remember some startup tried to build a slingshot to shoot satellites into orbit with something like a bit catapult. that was 5 years ago, haven’t heard of them since.