Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caexternal-linkmessage-square161linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caCows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square161linkfedilink
minus-squareit_wasnt_arson@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoMost of the energy from the rocket that launched the satellite went into pushing it fast sideways. If you wanted to slow it down enough to drop straight down, you’d just about need a second rocket to stop it.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoI really like in the Expanse how they show that working with the ships where they flip themselves and then do another burn to stop.
Most of the energy from the rocket that launched the satellite went into pushing it fast sideways. If you wanted to slow it down enough to drop straight down, you’d just about need a second rocket to stop it.
I really like in the Expanse how they show that working with the ships where they flip themselves and then do another burn to stop.