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killercurvesahead t1_j9qauk6 wrote

Reply to comment by mfb- in What will be the environmental impact of de-orbiting 42,000 Starlink satellites every five years? (Explanation in post) by OvidPerl

At that rate whoever’s selling rocketship tickets and plots of land in their own Mars colony is gonna make bank.

Waitaminnit…

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Imperator-Solis t1_j9r8n08 wrote

You might have misread, at that rate it won't reach limits for 2500 years

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EBtwopoint3 t1_j9s3fam wrote

Not 2500 years, until the rate of satellite re-entry becomes 2500 times higher. That is a per year figure, not one that adds up.

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