- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/1341668
A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
On the one hand: GodDAMMIT, Boeing!
On the other hand: C’mon now, which one of you was fucking around with the Space Laser?
My bad. One of my Jewish friends let me borrow it and I couldn’t help but push the big red button that says don’t push
Hey! The paint didn’t even dry!
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GNU Terry Prachett
Suddenly or was it hit by something?
I mean, if you get hit by something, that tends to happen suddenly.
I mean as in intentional targeted hitting
Kessler effect… here we go!
… Boeing …
Shouldnt have been blowing that whistle!
It’s hard to fall out of the window in space, on account of not being able to fall and not having windows. But Boeing’s got rocket scientists working on the problem!
Akshually, the satellite was falling the whole time.
Engineering is busy not building planes…
So, just like the manufacturer.
Anti Satellite weapon, or Boeing+rocketfuel?