IO, the Angel@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agois this what it sounds like!?lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1264arrow-down1imageis this what it sounds like!?lemmy.blahaj.zoneIO, the Angel@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·17 days agoI am worried about them screwing it up and having the thing explode in orbit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome Ideally the investors figure out what’s wrong before the company starts launching mirrors into orbit
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·17 days agoIf you break a mirror satellite it’s like 10 years of bad luck for the whole planet.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-217 days agoThat’s 6.623 × 10^13 kilometers of bad luck!
I am worried about them screwing it up and having the thing explode in orbit
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
Ideally the investors figure out what’s wrong before the company starts launching mirrors into orbit
If you break a mirror satellite it’s like 10 years of bad luck for the whole planet.
7 light years of bad luck
That’s 6.623 × 10^13 kilometers of bad luck!