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[–] Phantaloons@piefed.zip 26 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yay! but the Ukraine war effort Boo! but less space junk! Yay! but all those just... normal Starlink customers who need internet Boo! but fuck Musk! Yay!

I'm gonna need a drink.

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Blowing up satellites turns it from 1 bit of space junk into thousands...

[–] CorporalCookie@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

They're so low they'll just burn up

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 43 minutes ago* (last edited 42 minutes ago)

Depends what new orbit a given piece of junk is in. It could be mostly higher, only approaching the old one at it's semiminor axis.

It's not as bad as blowing up a higher satellite, but most antisatellite weapons try to capture rather than destroy to avoid the question entirely.

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 points 13 hours ago

Eventually, doesn't it still take a while though?

[–] signalsayge@infosec.pub 4 points 21 hours ago

I think by pure count, the amount of space junk would go up. The pieces would just be a lot smaller.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How about a frozen yogurt? I call it frogurt.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The frogurt is also capitalist.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

But you get your choice of topping.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

The toppings contain regulatory capture.

Edit: That’s bad.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Why not frozurt? It sounds less cursed!

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

I think it's fine to get Starlink and dislike Musk.

No no one liked Carlos Slim or Sol Trujillo either.