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I think it is much more likely that Musk is going to cause a kepler syndrome collapse with starlink well before spacex is actually going to consider creating a
by dangerwill 3y ago
I think it is much more likely that Musk is going to cause a kepler syndrome collapse with starlink well before spacex is actually going to consider creating a moon base.
- colordrops 3y agoIt's been said countless times that starlink will not cause Kepler syndrome. They are in too low an orbit and atmospheric drag would bring down any debris relatively quickly.
- 0_____0 3y agowincing Kessler.
- jjoonathan 3y agoIt looks like SpaceX says 5 years for passive deorbit in their FCC filing. If a satellite were pulverized, I would expect the small pieces to have higher A/m and deorbit even faster. https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/ekyibk/comment/fdfyge9/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/ekyibk/commen... It's not a good look to criticize an org for being careless when you haven't even put bare minimum effort into seeing if they were careful.