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Curious if they have to register/coordinate their intended flight path/orbits so they don't hit each other(probably very unlikely). Probably don't have onboard

• choeger 6y ago
  > probably very unlikely Literally astronomically unlikely. If at all they might want to coordinate radio emissions.
  • onion2k 6y ago
    “Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.” Terry Pratchett in Mort
    • enkid 6y ago
      Sergeant Colon looked wretched. "Weeell, what if it's not a million-to-one chance?" he said. Nobby stared at him. "What d'you mean?" he said. "Well, all right, last desperate million-to-one chances always work, right, no problem, but...well, it's pretty wossname, specific. I mean, isn't it?" "You tell me," said Nobby. "What if it's just a thousand-to-one chance?" said Colon agonizedly. "What?" "Anyone ever heard of a thousand-to-one shot coming up?" Carrot looked up. "Don't be daft, Sergeant," he said. "No one ever saw a thousand-to-one chance come up. The odds against it are—" his lips moved—"millions to one." "Yeah. Millions," agreed Nobby. "So it'd only work if it's your actual million-to-one chance," said the sergeant. "I suppose that's right," said Nobby. "So 999,943-to-one, for example—" Colon began. Carrot shook his head. "Wouldn't have a hope. No one ever said, 'It's a 999,943-to-one chance but it just might work.'" - Guards! Guards!