Space X..... What's the real deal?

[jdmidwest]

I just stood in the back yard and pee'd,  hope they got a thrill.  Neighbor frowned at me, but I don't really like him and his dogs.

[moguy1973]

Elon has to fund his CyberTruck somehow. 

[Gavin]

Saw it a couple months ago, space junk. I have no idea how they intend to retrieve all those disposable satellites.

[Flysmallie]

1 hour ago, Gavin said:

Saw it a couple months ago, space junk. I have no idea how they intend to retrieve all those disposable satellites.

They don’t have to. They will burn up in the atmosphere when they fall out of orbit. Well that’s the plan anyway. 

[fishinwrench]

14 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

They don’t have to. They will burn up in the atmosphere when they fall out of orbit. Well that’s the plan anyway. 

Gonna be some cool light shows when that starts happening.   

[Flysmallie]

24 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Gonna be some cool light shows when that starts happening.   

Not anymore than normal. They aren’t all going to fall out all at once. 

[fishinwrench]

If I understand correctly they are only 60 miles up.   Once they are all up there I assume we'll see them cris-crossing around up there.   Probably make it hard to pick out the constellations....which is kinda sad.  

Are future kids going to understand STARS ?  🤔

[Gavin]

Said 340 miles, and they are bright...supposedly working on the light pollution problem. To easy to spot. I don't want to see Space X junk in the sky. High Satellites are hard to spot in CONUS, but you can see incredible stars in the middle of the pacific ocean. So much light pollution here. I like to star gaze, and this does not add to the experience. My stargazing will be filled with blinking gizmo's so some person in Bangladesh can get high speed porn access?

 

[moguy1973]

3 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Gonna be some cool light shows when that starts happening.   

I've seen a satellite re-enter before.  Was one of the coolest looking things I've ever seen.  Streaked all the way across the sky.

[Deadstream]

2 hours ago, Gavin said:

Bangladesh

You mean the Ozark's, Grand Canyon area,  LA,  Mountain Home ...