That’s a polite way of saying they messed up and covered for it by yeeting lethal projectiles into orbit.
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Tolstoshev@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What the fuck?
This space junk consisted of depleted batteries from the ISS, attached to a cargo pallet that was originally supposed to come back to Earth in a controlled manner. But a series of delays meant this cargo pallet missed its ride back to Earth, so NASA jettisoned the batteries from the space station in 2021 to head for an unguided reentry.
DrDominate@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 7 months ago
Honestly if it is them, I’m a little impressed they survived reentry in any meaningful way
nul@programming.dev 7 months ago
That wasn’t bombing. It was littering with style.