▲ 942 ▼ A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth (news.ubc.ca) submitted 7 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 213 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Betchisan@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 child) Well there's still chances it wouldn't burn fast enough... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 1 point 7 months ago You're not wrong. They're designed to burn up completely but there have already been failures and documented cases of 2.5kg pieces hitting the ground. The FAA predicts at current trajectories we're looking at about 1 person hit every 2 years by stray debris. And it's only going to get worse the more they launch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 1 point 7 months ago You're not wrong. They're designed to burn up completely but there have already been failures and documented cases of 2.5kg pieces hitting the ground. The FAA predicts at current trajectories we're looking at about 1 person hit every 2 years by stray debris. And it's only going to get worse the more they launch. permalink fedilink source parent