Starlink satellites are making thousands of avoidance maneuvers as low Earth orbit becomes more crowded, feeding worries that a catastrophic impact is inevitable. SpaceX’s orbital communication satellites performed maneuvers just over 25,000 times in the six-month period between December 1, 2022, and May 21, 2023, the company told the Federal Communications Commission in a recent […]
Yeah, but it’s pretty cool that the orbiting pile of garbage can dodge space debris…
Ah, the new Lemmy switcharoo!
Hold my garbage, I’m going in!
A lot of the debris is man made that we put up there is my point.
Now there’s a bunch more of it was my joke.
The only solution? Put more of it up there, of course!
Does space debris have any known natural predators?
Yes, other space debris.
And gravity.
Atmosphere. Gravity just helps smash them against it.
Even without an atmosphere, gravity would pull the debris to crash into the planet itself.