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  • Britain adds to space junk

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 6 19:40:33 2022
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63836495

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 6 22:26:33 2022
    On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 19:40:33 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63836495

    The satellites as described don't remotely sound like "junk".

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Mon Dec 12 21:53:10 2022
    On Wednesday, 7 December 2022 at 00:26:38 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 19:40:33 -0800 (PST), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63836495

    The satellites as described don't remotely sound like "junk".

    None of them do, until they become junk. Celestron and Steve Wozniak are teaming up to track the current estimate lot of 100 million pieces of junk. Two satellite hit, they turn to confetti.

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 13 07:46:55 2022
    On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:53:10 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Wednesday, 7 December 2022 at 00:26:38 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 19:40:33 -0800 (PST), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63836495

    The satellites as described don't remotely sound like "junk".

    None of them do, until they become junk. Celestron and Steve Wozniak are teaming up to track the current estimate lot of 100 million pieces of junk. Two satellite hit, they turn to confetti.

    That's life. What are we supposed to do? Not use space?

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