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minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·7 months 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-up22·7 months agoIf you break a mirror satellite it’s like 10 years of bad luck for the whole planet.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months 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!