• Peppycito
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    5 months ago

    Starlink will never be orbital trash in any meaningful way

    You’re right. They’ll be atmospheric pollution. That’s what “burn up on reentry” means.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Well in that case, 100% of things that we’ve launched into space are either

      1: Space trash

      2: Atmospheric Trash

      3: Ocean Trash

      Except for the 1st stages of F9 and it’s fairings, and one or two first stages of some other small start ups.

      Edit: sorry and the shuttle. In retrospect with the amount of refurbishment it required it wasn’t really “reusable” per say, but it did avoid being ocean trash.

      • xthexder@l.sw0.com
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        5 months ago

        That does seem to be the point this thread is making: Going to space is really bad for Earth’s environment. SpaceX and starlink are just accelerating that.