Re:India’s destruction of satellite threatens ISS, says Nasa
by jsiepkes on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @07:23AM
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The roadster (I assume you mean Tesla's roadster) is in orbit of the sun (ie. It has escaped the earth gravitational pull). Unlike the space debris which orbits the earth. Therefore the debris is a threat and the roadster is not.
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Re:India’s destruction of satellite threatens ISS, says Nasa
by ironic_user on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @07:30AM
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It's around Mars. Is not a threat, but surely is trash... thereis any reason to do it unless a wierd marketing for people that didn't care about throwing trash for no purpose around.
Re:India’s destruction of satellite threatens ISS, says Nasa
by always4getpass on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @07:51AM
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It is in a Sun-centered orbit. It never had the fuel/capacity to do a retrograde burn in order to be captured by the Martian gravitational field.
Re:India’s destruction of satellite threatens ISS, says Nasa
by chriskanan on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @08:42AM
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It was necessary to test the rocket with a payload. The usual test payload is a concrete block or something comparable. They wanted to do something more fun. The major debris problem is all the stuff we have put in orbit around Earth, not stuff farther out.