Mike Shewardcan you imagine being the first human to catch a falling starlink satellite
if you do manage it, spacex should make it a contest where you can win $10m or somehting
the new gold rush, bunch of folks out in fields tryna score that hot hot metal
Viss@SecureOwl gimme dat palladium!
J4ck@Viss @SecureOwl mmmm hypo-allergenic metals...
Toast, Anonymous Fedi Fungus@SecureOwl Interstellar lawn darts
@SecureOwl i imagine the hospital would be quite impressed too!
@Viss technically it's gotta be possible, you'd probably want a glove or two
@SecureOwl sure - meteorites make it to the ground sometimes too!
keisatsu@Viss @SecureOwl I wish Sam Altman would be the first to catch a Starlink with his face
🦇 Invisigoth 🦇@keisatsu @Viss @SecureOwl while that would be nifty, I'd prefer it to be Elon, just so we can figure out what the opposite of "hoisted by his own petard" should be called
Shae Erisson@SecureOwl catch a falling star (link) and put it in my pocket ...
Nah, I think I'll just build lasers to fry starlink satellites so I can pick those fruits on demand.
Parade du Grotesque 💀They are close to car sized, even if broken up in several parts, so your name is probably the incredible hulk if you can catch one.
Mx. Eddie R
Prof. Sam Lawler@silvermoon82 @SecureOwl Nah, they're all uncontrolled reentries, that's the whole problem. No targeting possible!
Legit_Spaghetti@SecureOwl Wouldn't you know it, they made a song about EXACTLY THAT* in the '80s!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhxF9Qg5mOU
*: not actually about exactly that
