Comment on US imposes $150,000 fine on Dish Network for space debris
unphazed@lemmy.world 8 months agoI don’t really get why they got fined when they did the best they could. The satellite was launched 20 years before the law was in effect. It’s not like they knew that in 20 years they would need x amount of fuel (though to be fair, it probably would have been about 150k in extra cost back then)
masterspace@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Do you think they’re the only ones who launched satellites 20 years ago? They absolutely knew howuch fuel they needed and how to properly deorbit without leaving hunks of metal orbiting the earth forever.
JDubbleu@programming.dev 8 months ago
Hard agree. If my dumbass can do the math for this in Kerbal Space Program on the back of an envelope, these fucks sure as hell can with entire aerospace engineering teams.