Comment on Bad news for Starlink: Earth’s atmosphere is shrinking
kibiz0r@midwest.social 5 days ago
“Modelled CO2 emissions scenarios from years 2000-2100 indicate a potential 50-66 percent reduction in satellite carrying capacity between the altitudes of 200 and 1,000 km.”
That’s a severe reduction.
I imagine Starlink still plans to launch as many as legally allowed.
Imagine if Mr. “Occupy Mars” ends up being the guy to trap us here on Earth forever by clogging up space.
Imagine if Mr. “Occupy Mars” ends up being the guy to trap us here on Earth forever by clogging up space.
The starlink satellites orbit far too low for that to happen. Without expelling limited propellants to periodically boost their orbits, every satellite in the constellation will fall to earth in less than 10 years, most in less than 1.
I’ve heard that before. But the main point of the paper is that drag is decreasing. So I’m curious to know how that impacts the stability of Starlink going forward. I doubt they have new figures after one day.
They aim to actively deorbit starlink sats.
As far as I know, apart from the first few batches, the “production run” of sats has a pretty low failure rate and are proactively sent to their demise.
You’d think that this would place Musk on the “stop climate change” side, but I doubt he has the intelligence to figure that out.
SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 5 days ago
I miss the days when Mars was what he was known for…
kibiz0r@midwest.social 5 days ago
Dumbass could’ve been remembered as “IRL Ironman” forever if he just shut up and enjoyed his wealth.
I think becoming a billionaire causes brain damage. Like, for real, literally brain damage.
kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
they have so many “yes men” around that they think every stupid thing they say is literally gold