It is very improbable that there will be a collision caused by a starlink satellite. While Musk is certainly an idiot who can’t be trusted, there are intelligent people who work for SpaceX who have considered all this and more before launching their satellites.
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Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoEven if they’re in low earth orbit an impact could spread pieces into higher orbit due to the energies involved. That could in turn impact other satellites at a higher orbit and just keep going.
Ducks@lemmy.world 1 year ago
troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Quantum mechanics also says that all the air in my lungs could collapse to a single point, but on the grand scale, these things don’t happen. Risk analysis requires evaluation of probabilities.
c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Some of these people haven’t heard of ORM and it shows.