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Starlink satellite fails, polluting orbit with debris and falling toward Earth
- hulitu 10mo agoHumanity needs some garbage trucks in orbit.
- Boltgolt 10mo agoKessler Syndrome mentioned in the first line? With the air resistance at 400km that seems unlikely
- LordGrey 10mo agoMy Mastodon feed absolutely blew up with anti-Starlink posts crowing about Kessler Syndrome. It was an echo chamber of dislike, with very few facts involved. While somewhat lower-keyed, and with a few more (well-chosen) facts, this article seems to target those people in same echo chamber.
- wmf 10mo agoThe Register didn't include the coolest part: the photo (although you can't see any visible damage) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46338433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46338433