ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 个月前By 2035, falling satellites will kill or injure someone every two years, says FAAwww.gizchina.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down1124
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkBy 2035, falling satellites will kill or injure someone every two years, says FAAwww.gizchina.comijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 个月前message-square40fedilink
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·edit-211 个月前The thumbnail image isn’t even a satellite… The dragon capsule isn’t going to suddenly fall out of orbit somewhere unexpected…
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-211 个月前 The dragon capsule isn’t going to suddenly fall out of orbit somewhere unexpected… It’s highly unlikely, but the possibility isn’t 0. Like, what if an untracked asteroid hits it out of orbit?
minus-squareBlastasaurus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 个月前There are around 50,000 Starlink near misses per year.
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 个月前Well, the chance isn’t zero, but that example, being knocked out (disabled or destroyed) by an asteroid has never happened to any spacecraft, ever. Statically the chances of that happening are very very close to zero.
The thumbnail image isn’t even a satellite…
The dragon capsule isn’t going to suddenly fall out of orbit somewhere unexpected…
It’s highly unlikely, but the possibility isn’t 0. Like, what if an untracked asteroid hits it out of orbit?
There are around 50,000 Starlink near misses per year.
Well, the chance isn’t zero, but that example, being knocked out (disabled or destroyed) by an asteroid has never happened to any spacecraft, ever. Statically the chances of that happening are very very close to zero.