ManamaKhan@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNow YOU can fly to space for $450,000: Virgin Galactic announces first public space tourism flight for three people in Augustwww.dailymail.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down110cross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
arrow-up1135arrow-down1external-linkNow YOU can fly to space for $450,000: Virgin Galactic announces first public space tourism flight for three people in Augustwww.dailymail.co.ukManamaKhan@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilinkcross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
minus-squareLemmyLefty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 year agoThere’s gonna be a floating graveyard of billionaires whizzing around the Earth and taking out satellites soon enough. Bonus points whenever they hit a Starlink.
minus-squareSkaveRatlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year ago Bonus points whenever they hit a Starlink. please no. the debris will make everything worse
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNo it won’t. They are orbiting very low.
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s entirely possible that they will still end up on the ocean floor inside some crumpled metal and composites.
There’s gonna be a floating graveyard of billionaires whizzing around the Earth and taking out satellites soon enough.
Bonus points whenever they hit a Starlink.
please no. the debris will make everything worse
No it won’t. They are orbiting very low.
It’s entirely possible that they will still end up on the ocean floor inside some crumpled metal and composites.