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Starlinks are built to safely burn up on re-entry. A big reusable platform will have to work quite differently to never uncontrollably re-enter, or it might kil
by m4rtink 9mo ago
Starlinks are built to safely burn up on re-entry. A big reusable platform will have to work quite differently to never uncontrollably re-enter, or it might kill someone by high velocity debris on impact.
This adds weight and complexity and likely also forces a much higher orbit.
- necovek 9mo agoHopefully a sea platform does not end up flying into space all of its own, only to crash and burn back down. Maybe the AI workloads running on it achieve escape velocity? ;)
- vlovich123 9mo agoI can’t wait for all the heavy metals that are put into GPUs and other electronics showering down on us constantly. Wonder why the billionaires have their bunkers.
- reverius42 9mo agoYeah, "burn up safely on reentry". 100 years later: "why does everything taste like cadmium?"