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minus-squareturtlesareneatlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 days agoTheir future e-waste is now part of the view, just gotta accept it and hope the billboards up there aren’t developed in our lifetime.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoNot much remains of them upon reentry. At least nothing that can be called e-waste.
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThat’s the company line, but they’re finding big pieces in fields in Canada.
minus-squaredzsimbo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI thought Kessler-syndrome was the real kicker, not greenhouse gasses.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoLEO items can’t Kessler. They can barely keep themselves from falling back through the atmosphere.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agothey just aerosolize creating even faster global warming
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWouldn’t high-altitude metallic aerosols do the opposite?
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agounfortunately no. per my understanding the problem with starlink satellites burning up on re-entry are two fold: the aerosolized aluminum retains heat, not reflects it the aerosolized aluminum reacts with ozone, damaging a critical protective layer against the greenhouse effect
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoDang, that sucks XD Should have made their frames with zinc alloy instead!
Their future e-waste is now part of the view, just gotta accept it and hope the billboards up there aren’t developed in our lifetime.
Not much remains of them upon reentry. At least nothing that can be called e-waste.
That’s the company line, but they’re finding big pieces in fields in Canada.
I thought Kessler-syndrome was the real kicker, not greenhouse gasses.
LEO items can’t Kessler. They can barely keep themselves from falling back through the atmosphere.
they just aerosolize creating even faster global warming
Wouldn’t high-altitude metallic aerosols do the opposite?
unfortunately no. per my understanding the problem with starlink satellites burning up on re-entry are two fold:
Dang, that sucks XD
Should have made their frames with zinc alloy instead!