RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116337015253122494

I very much appreciate the way they wrote this: "SpaceX, which recently reported two Starlink satellite failures that created new space debris, yesterday accused Amazon and its launch partner Arianespace of negligence that 'needlessly and significantly increases risk to other operational systems and inhabited spacecraft.'”

It's too bad that 2 giant evil companies hating each other does not result in anything cancelling out, and will probably just cause more problems...

@sundogplanets never have I wanted space lasers more than I do now

@brandonscript @sundogplanets ESA are currently working on that with OMLET (Orbit Maintenance via Laser MomEntum Transfer) a ground based laser to change the velocity of low orbit debris

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/02/Moving_space_debris_out_of_the_way_with_OMLET

Moving space debris out of the way with OMLET

@brandonscript @sundogplanets yeah, I was thinking when I watched the video... that'd work on a satellite, if you so wanted
@robchapman @brandonscript @sundogplanets That's the most anticlimactic name I ever read for a powerful laser ray...
@davidrevoy @brandonscript @sundogplanets I am sure there is a 'you can't make an OMLET without breaking eggs' joke in this somewhere