tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post7247001196698862244..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Satellites CollideAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-66045627719516571052009-02-13T12:45:00.000+01:002009-02-13T12:45:00.000+01:00Hehhehe More than half of my readers are lefties,...Hehhehe More than half of my readers are lefties, Mike.<BR/><BR/>Nope, I just have an Ex-Pat filter, ever since I had some trouble with a Tennessee Threeper who emigrated to El Salvador.....Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-47681609050398729662009-02-13T07:59:00.000+01:002009-02-13T07:59:00.000+01:00Nomen, I often have trouble commenting over at Wee...Nomen, I often have trouble commenting over at Weer'd's site, but I thought it was some kind of leftie filter he'd installed or something.<BR/><BR/>Welcome Mr. P.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-15620163437052217172009-02-13T02:19:00.000+01:002009-02-13T02:19:00.000+01:00There should be only a few large objects in the or...<I>There should be only a few large objects in the orbit and have the satellite companies design their devices to attach to the large object</I><BR/><BR/>orbital space doesn't work that way, no.<BR/><BR/>that said, "space junk" is bit of a misnomer, because it isn't as if this were actual <I>pollution</I> we're talking about here. there's no outer space ecosystem we're poisoning with this, there aren't any lives being lost (yet --- not directly enough for most of us to worry, anyway), the only ones who're really <I>hurt</I> by it are the folks who launch and operate satellites --- and they only in the pocketbook.<BR/><BR/>of course, that could eventually end up costing lives indirectly if things got bad enough. the iridium constellation runs satellite telephones worldwide; if that were lost, somebody might well end up dead for the lack of it.<BR/><BR/>oh, and also: <B>blogger delenda est!</B> (what for did i get a shiny new myopenid.com account if blogger won't even take it? it <I>claims</I> to take openid logins. it just <I>doesn't work</I> with myopenid apparently. this is because <I><B>blogger fucking SUCKS!</B></I>)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-87477152310802097682009-02-13T01:30:00.000+01:002009-02-13T01:30:00.000+01:00The space junk is ridiculous. There should be only...The space junk is ridiculous. There should be only a few large objects in the orbit and have the satellite companies design their devices to attach to the large object (magnet or whatever). Otherwise it should be perfectly legal to shoot them down or ... farther up :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-26620752262339950182009-02-12T21:11:00.000+01:002009-02-12T21:11:00.000+01:00when i read this article this morning in the paper...when i read this article this morning in the paper, i thought the same thing.<BR/><BR/>we are slowly and steadfastily polluting space. its a drop in a huge bucket now, but i'm sure we'll make it worse...Slydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170343849186268727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-1234644337296472482009-02-12T15:24:00.000+01:002009-02-12T15:24:00.000+01:00Just launch a big-friggin electro Magnet have it "...Just launch a big-friggin electro Magnet have it "fish" for a month, the take a swan dive into the Pasific.<BR/><BR/>Let us all know when it's going to do it, I bet it'll look pretty!Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-52409772122308167832009-02-12T14:52:00.000+01:002009-02-12T14:52:00.000+01:00i'm worried that satellite manufacturers might hav...i'm worried that satellite manufacturers might have to start building their satellites more sturdily, to survive impacts from smaller pieces in the not-yet-tracked size range of less than four inches. that would dramatically increase the cost of satellites, and especially of launching them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-55852320262502889462009-02-12T11:37:00.000+01:002009-02-12T11:37:00.000+01:00Most of it burns up in the atmosphere, and space i...Most of it burns up in the atmosphere, and space is a very big place, even just the space confined to standard Earth Orbits.Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.com