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Those are rocks, which are not made from the same stuff as satellites. (Also, the article says it's 44 tons, and other sources suggest around 50 at most.) In an
by konmok 2mo ago
Those are rocks, which are not made from the same stuff as satellites. (Also, the article says it's 44 tons, and other sources suggest around 50 at most.) In any case, I don't think anyone here is "freaking out", I just think this issue merits investigation.
- DiggyJohnson 2mo agoI’m not GP but your original comment did not come across as neutral
- kortilla 2mo ago[flagged]
- EA-3167 2mo agoIn the same sense that you do.
- kortilla 2mo agoNo, in a much more direct sense. By the time a Starlink sat re-enters its fuel is gone so it’s mostly a pile of silicon, solar panels, lithium batteries, aluminum, etc. The circuit boards are probably the goofiest chemical compositions but they represent a drop in the bucket mass-wise for the sats and pale in comparison to how many circuit boards get blown up every day in Iran/Ukraine/Russia.
- EA-3167 2mo agoConsidering that aluminum ash is the primary concern of tfa…