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SpaceX playing chicken with cheap disposable Starlinks against multibillion euro public satellites does make space dangerous.

• manicdee 7y ago
  Nobody is playing chicken here. The SpaceX satellite is for all intents and purposes inert, since it is incapable of significantly adjusting its orbit. You know the old joke about the US Navy warship giving way to the second class seaman, right?
  • Rebelgecko 7y ago
    >The SpaceX satellite is for all intents and purposes inert, since it is incapable of significantly adjusting its orbit. If SpaceX is actively deorbiting the satellite, it's not inert.
    • Doxin 7y ago
      Having enough thrust for a deorbit burn doesn't mean having enough thrust to avoid a collision.