The world must cooperate to avoid colliding satellites and space debris

Re:The world must cooperate to avoid colliding satellites an... by mLuby on Thursday August 19, 2021 @12:51PM (#28236195)

Gravity strikes a good balance between realism and getting the point across to orbital-mechanics-unsavvy audiences.

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Re:The world must cooperate to avoid colliding satellites an... by thatswrong0 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @01:09PM (#28236447)

I mean, it definitely showed how fast and destructive space debris can be. But I wouldn't say it really achieved a significant amount realism.

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Re:The world must cooperate to avoid colliding satellites an... by mLuby on Thursday August 19, 2021 @01:12PM (#28236485)

and that the debris is a cloud, and that it comes around again (which is very non-intuitive for us—explosions and shrapnel generally don't hit from the same direction more than once)

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