Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caexternal-linkmessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1341
arrow-up1341external-linkSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caCows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square161fedilink
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 day agoDepending on trajectory, space debris in orbit can hit you with up to 10x the velocity of an armor-piercing sabot round (which is just a metal dart). So even tanks on earth aren’t armored nearly enough to survive space debris.
Depending on trajectory, space debris in orbit can hit you with up to 10x the velocity of an armor-piercing sabot round (which is just a metal dart). So even tanks on earth aren’t armored nearly enough to survive space debris.