Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caexternal-linkmessage-square127linkfedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down19
arrow-up1250arrow-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 · 17 hours agomessage-square127linkfedilink
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-216 hours 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.