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Re:NASA Made the Hubble Telescope to Be Remade by nativeit on Monday October 07, 2024 @12:28PM (#41767684)
I’d rather just de-orbit every StarLink satellite, stick next gen data satellites in geostationary orbits, and outlaw more any more space trash at that scale in LEO, full-stop.
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Re:NASA Made the Hubble Telescope to Be Remade by outworlder on Monday October 07, 2024 @03:15PM (#41769853)
> I’d rather just de-orbit every StarLink satellite, stick next gen data satellites in geostationary orbits, and outlaw more any more space trash at that scale in LEO, full-stop.

Flip side is that stuff in LEO deorbits pretty quicky, while geostationary junk doesn't deorbit in any timeframes humans care about.

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Re:NASA Made the Hubble Telescope to Be Remade by fencepost on Monday October 07, 2024 @12:44PM (#41767911)
Latency's not going to stop being a problem for geostationary orbits, which is why lower altitudes get used.
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Re:NASA Made the Hubble Telescope to Be Remade by dotnet00 on Monday October 07, 2024 @12:46PM (#41767939)
It's a good thing we don't have even more ignorant tyrants in power then
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Re:NASA Made the Hubble Telescope to Be Remade by nativeit on Monday October 07, 2024 @12:52PM (#41768024)
Well, the smart tyrants are certainly making productive use of StarLink, to be sure.
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