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Sorry, I thought we were having a science based discussion where words have meanings... We're talking about retrieval difficulty in a worst case scenario. Even

Sorry, I thought we were having a science based discussion where words have meanings... We're talking about retrieval difficulty in a worst case scenario. Even if it disintegrates, you've left a cloud of particulate matter that's going to create even more unintended consequences and is more difficult to collect / move / mitigate.

_ph_ 7y ago
I think it was plenty clear what I was trying to say. I am not a native English speaker, but in German, the term "auflösen" literally means to dissolve in a solution, yet, no one would have misunderstood it in the context of space. For most people it is quite obvious, there is no solvant in space. So if you feel the need to correct my use language, please do it in a constructive manner.