Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1397
arrow-up1397external-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 · 2 months agomessage-square187fedilink
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 months 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.