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The moon is slowly getting farther away. Starlink satellites are expected to relatively quickly return to earth.
by chaboud 3y ago
The moon is slowly getting farther away. Starlink satellites are expected to relatively quickly return to earth.
- Retric 3y agoThe moon is gaining velocity from earth’s rotation which is a finite energy source, given a long enough timescales it would collide with earth. However, the sun is going to consume the earth before that happens.
- chaboud 3y agoI'll put $10 up against that bet. In a few billion years, one of us is going to look pretty stupid!