Screenshot of social media post. Reads, “Everyone was saying that the May geomag activity had no impact on the satellites. Of course we knew this was wrong. Over one hundred sats re-entered during this period and now a paper is showing that thousands of Starlinks had to move. Holy fuck. Imagine if those thousands had to re-enter. This. Is. Insane. We. Must. Stop. Launching. Shit. NOW. https://spaceweather.com/”

  • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
    102·
    6 months ago

    what does she mean by “re-entered”? does it mean “burned in the atmosphere”? if so, i don’t really see the problem.

    • Fluffgar@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      184·
      6 months ago

      As I understand it, and that understanding could be flawed, burning up a lot of satellites containing a lot of substances not usually found in our upper atmosphere may have consequences. No-one has done the due diligence to know whether this is the case or not. Or if these consequences would be significant for us.

      Also, “re-entered” might not mean burning up fully.

      • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
        17·
        6 months ago

        No-one has done the due diligence to know whether this is the case or not.

        so lets maybe not raise the god of apocalypse. these satellites are really small objects, their volume is absolutely insignificant to the bullshit we create down here on the sea level…

        • yggstyle@lemmy.world
          11·
          6 months ago

          Agreed. This would be in line with the many meteor showers we have… which arguably could contain more “unknown” substances than what we mined out of our own crust.

          This feels a bit more like a bit of fear mongering than actual reporting / science.

          There are many reasons to be concerned with what we have in orbit… this isn’t one of them.

        • Fluffgar@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
          47·
          6 months ago

          I hardly think a post by some random (me) is “raising the god of the apocalypse”. But that’s sweet of you to say <3

          And you are correct that there are significant other issues, with known effects, that need to be addressed as well.

          • riplin@lemm.ee
            5·
            6 months ago

            Have you compared it to the amount of meteors that enters the earth’s atmosphere daily? That’s on average 48.5 tons. Every day. Those are made up of silicates, carbon, metals, all kinds of stuff.

          • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
            5·
            6 months ago

            I hardly think a post by some random (me) is “raising the god of the apocalypse”.

            i meant the hysterical "This. Is. Insane. We. Must. Stop. Launching. Shit. NOW. "

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      36·
      6 months ago

      Yeah, bro, why are all these nerds concerned about heating up our atmosphere and burning off ozone?

      Like, global warming just increases tank top season.

      /S