Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caexternal-linkmessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down113
arrow-up1361arrow-down1external-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 days agomessage-square173fedilink
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 days 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.