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> Because physics. "Can you comprehend the political fallout of such an event". > Do you consider drivers making adjustments in steering to avoid collisions w
by mandmandam 5y ago
> Because physics.
"Can you comprehend the political fallout of such an event".
> Do you consider drivers making adjustments in steering to avoid collisions with other cars to be a problem?
NASA are concerned, as are MIT. And the Europeans Space Agency. Satellites only have so much fuel. Radar can only track so much. Tiny pieces of debris can cause a chain reaction.
So, unless you have a better analogy than fucking cars, consider me unconvinced.
- rlt 5y agoMy point was “number of collision adjustments” makes for a nice scary sounding statistic but alone it’s not a good indicator of risk. The vast majority of those would not have resulted in a collision even without collision avoidance maneuvers. But we do have collision avoidance, and SpaceX knows when a satellite will run out of fuel and can deorbit.