ijeff to [email protected]English • edit-23 years agoBy 2035, falling satellites will kill or injure someone every two years, says FAAwww.gizchina.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1250
arrow-up1250external-linkBy 2035, falling satellites will kill or injure someone every two years, says FAAwww.gizchina.comijeff to [email protected]English • edit-23 years agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish31•edit-23 years agoThe thumbnail image isn’t even a satellite… The dragon capsule isn’t going to suddenly fall out of orbit somewhere unexpected…
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-23 years ago The dragon capsule isn’t going to suddenly fall out of orbit somewhere unexpected… It’s highly unlikely, but the possibility isn’t 0. Like, what if an untracked asteroid hits it out of orbit?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 years agoThere are around 50,000 Starlink near misses per year.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 years agoWell, the chance isn’t zero, but that example, being knocked out (disabled or destroyed) by an asteroid has never happened to any spacecraft, ever. Statically the chances of that happening are very very close to zero.
The thumbnail image isn’t even a satellite…
The dragon capsule isn’t going to suddenly fall out of orbit somewhere unexpected…
It’s highly unlikely, but the possibility isn’t 0. Like, what if an untracked asteroid hits it out of orbit?
There are around 50,000 Starlink near misses per year.
Well, the chance isn’t zero, but that example, being knocked out (disabled or destroyed) by an asteroid has never happened to any spacecraft, ever. Statically the chances of that happening are very very close to zero.