SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch 64 satellites into orbit

Another successful launch for the Space X Falcon 9 and landing of the first stage aboard the drone recovery ship. Deployment of the 64 subsats is next. Live coverage of that isn't possible.
 
Let me guess: The boys "launching" all these satellites still haven't learned how to clean up behind themselves, and thus, before long, these satellites will be 64 pieces of highly dangerous, high-speed space garbage circling the earth for god knows how long, and imperiling other space missions.

Am I right?
 
Unfortunately, no cost effective technology yet exists for that. Do you have any suggestions? (no sarcasm intended)
 
Unfortunately, no cost effective technology yet exists for that. Do you have any suggestions? (no sarcasm intended)

With all due respect, Hansen, with the will to clean up behind themselves, are you suggesting that technology cannot be developed? With all the wiz kids working on satellites and stuff? Doesn't that strike you as entirely false, and in a way even deplorable?

It shouldn't be that hard to include in every satellite a booster that decelerates it, and makes sure it comes down in a reasonable time, no? And yes, that increases costs a bit. When, while highly unlikely, some folks in space station end up being killed because of debris destroying vital systems, there will be an insight, and a lot of whining, and none of the goofs accepting responsibility.

And all because the boys have never learned to clean up behind themselves... Really, I don't understand why that organized irresponsibility doesn't anger more people, even while some are hyperventilating about all the debris flying around. Those responsible for that should be lined up and treated to some solid two-by-four, as a warning for those to come.
 
Unfortunately, no cost effective technology yet exists for that. Do you have any suggestions? (no sarcasm intended)

With all due respect, Hansen, with the will to clean up behind themselves, are you suggesting that technology cannot be developed? With all the wiz kids working on satellites and stuff? Doesn't that strike you as entirely false, and in a way even deplorable?

It shouldn't be that hard to include in every satellite a booster that decelerates it, and makes sure it comes down in a reasonable time, no? And yes, that increases costs a bit. When, while highly unlikely, some folks in space station end up being killed because of debris destroying vital systems, there will be an insight, and a lot of whining, and none of the goofs accepting responsibility.

And all because the boys have never learned to clean up behind themselves... Really, I don't understand why that organized irresponsibility doesn't anger more people, even while some are hyperventilating about all the debris flying around. Those responsible for that should be lined up and treated to some solid two-by-four, as a warning for those to come.
Have you been a misandrist long or is it new to you?

The extra cost would not be a 'bit' higher. Most satellites have a decaying orbit and will fall harmlessly into the atmosphere in due course. So, yes, the 'boys' have been cleaning up after themselves.

I find it amusing that people think that our orbital space is so packed with 'debris' that I think they have some vision of a solid wall of space junk just blocking everything and that anything sent up will, of a necessity, collide with all this junk.
 
So, yes, the 'boys' have been cleaning up after themselves.

No, they have not; a statement to the contrary is just grossly ignorant or a lie.

As of December 2016, five satellite collisions have generated space debris.[citation needed] Space debris is also known as orbital debris, space junk, space waste, space trash, space litter or space garbage.[2]

As of 5 July 2016, the United States Strategic Command tracked a total of 17,852 artificial objects in orbit above the Earth,[3] including 1,419 operational satellites.[4] However, these are just objects large enough to be tracked. As of July 2013, more than 170 million bits of debris smaller than 1 cm (0.4 in), about 670,000 pieces of debris 1–10 cm, and around 29,000 larger pieces were estimated to be in orbit around the earth.[5]​

And, calling out the boys for their organized irresponsibility and their failure to clean up behind themselves is not misandry, it is telling the plain truth. They are just doing what boys have done since times immemorial: Pursuing their aims at the lowest possible cost, and socialize the consequences.

1125px-Debris-GEO1280.jpg


That's just the debris that can be tracked from earth.

The 64 new pieces of soon-to-be debris are not included.
 
So, yes, the 'boys' have been cleaning up after themselves.

No, they have not; a statement to the contrary is just grossly ignorant or a lie.

As of December 2016, five satellite collisions have generated space debris.[citation needed] Space debris is also known as orbital debris, space junk, space waste, space trash, space litter or space garbage.[2]

As of 5 July 2016, the United States Strategic Command tracked a total of 17,852 artificial objects in orbit above the Earth,[3] including 1,419 operational satellites.[4] However, these are just objects large enough to be tracked. As of July 2013, more than 170 million bits of debris smaller than 1 cm (0.4 in), about 670,000 pieces of debris 1–10 cm, and around 29,000 larger pieces were estimated to be in orbit around the earth.[5]​

And, calling out the boys for their organized irresponsibility and their failure to clean up behind themselves is not misandry, it is telling the plain truth. They are just doing what boys have done since times immemorial: Pursuing their aims at the lowest possible cost, and socialize the consequences.

1125px-Debris-GEO1280.jpg


That's just the debris that can be tracked from earth.

The 64 new pieces of soon-to-be debris are not included.
It would be nice to see some honesty once in a while. Those 'dots' misrepresent the density of debris in the volume of space. If they were pinpoints, which would more accurately portray the volume to debris, that 'cloud' would be barely visible.

Calling out the 'boys' is a sexist remark. No 'boys' work for NASA and quite a few women have also contributed to this non-issue. Unless you also want to include the 'girls', too?
 
It would be nice to see some honesty once in a while. Those 'dots' misrepresent the density of debris in the volume of space. If they were pinpoints, which would more accurately portray the volume to debris, that 'cloud' would be barely visible.

670,000 pieces of debris 1–10 cm, and around 29,000 larger pieces were estimated to be in orbit around the earth.​

The ISS needs to maneuver to avoid collisions.

Some clean-up.

Oh, and, cry me a river.
 
It would be nice to see some honesty once in a while. Those 'dots' misrepresent the density of debris in the volume of space. If they were pinpoints, which would more accurately portray the volume to debris, that 'cloud' would be barely visible.

670,000 pieces of debris 1–10 cm, and around 29,000 larger pieces were estimated to be in orbit around the earth.​

The ISS needs to maneuver to avoid collisions.

Some clean-up.

Oh, and, cry me a river.
No thanks. Not My thing, crying. Hey, you want to be a sexist, go right ahead.
 
So, yes, the 'boys' have been cleaning up after themselves.

No, they have not; a statement to the contrary is just grossly ignorant or a lie.

As of December 2016, five satellite collisions have generated space debris.[citation needed] Space debris is also known as orbital debris, space junk, space waste, space trash, space litter or space garbage.[2]

As of 5 July 2016, the United States Strategic Command tracked a total of 17,852 artificial objects in orbit above the Earth,[3] including 1,419 operational satellites.[4] However, these are just objects large enough to be tracked. As of July 2013, more than 170 million bits of debris smaller than 1 cm (0.4 in), about 670,000 pieces of debris 1–10 cm, and around 29,000 larger pieces were estimated to be in orbit around the earth.[5]​

And, calling out the boys for their organized irresponsibility and their failure to clean up behind themselves is not misandry, it is telling the plain truth. They are just doing what boys have done since times immemorial: Pursuing their aims at the lowest possible cost, and socialize the consequences.

1125px-Debris-GEO1280.jpg


That's just the debris that can be tracked from earth.

The 64 new pieces of soon-to-be debris are not included.

Let's assume those 18,000 objects are all in LEO. They aren't, but let's imagine it.

Low Earth Orbit starts at 160Km and stops at 2,000 Km and encompasses a total of 1,292,613,096,000 cubic kilometers.

The surface of the Earth is roughly 510,000,000 square kilometers.

Imagine a total of 18,000 objects (most no larger than a cigarette packet) spread over the surface of the Earth. What are your chances of running into one?

Now, spread those same 18,000 objects over an area many million times larger than the surface of the Earth. Now, what are your odds of running into one?

Now, imagine we know precisely where 15,000 of those 18,000 objects are and avoid them. How likely is it to run into one of the remaining 3,000 objects spread across an area several million times larger than the face of the Earth?
 
So, yes, the 'boys' have been cleaning up after themselves.

No, they have not; a statement to the contrary is just grossly ignorant or a lie.

As of December 2016, five satellite collisions have generated space debris.[citation needed] Space debris is also known as orbital debris, space junk, space waste, space trash, space litter or space garbage.[2]

As of 5 July 2016, the United States Strategic Command tracked a total of 17,852 artificial objects in orbit above the Earth,[3] including 1,419 operational satellites.[4] However, these are just objects large enough to be tracked. As of July 2013, more than 170 million bits of debris smaller than 1 cm (0.4 in), about 670,000 pieces of debris 1–10 cm, and around 29,000 larger pieces were estimated to be in orbit around the earth.[5]​

And, calling out the boys for their organized irresponsibility and their failure to clean up behind themselves is not misandry, it is telling the plain truth. They are just doing what boys have done since times immemorial: Pursuing their aims at the lowest possible cost, and socialize the consequences.

1125px-Debris-GEO1280.jpg


That's just the debris that can be tracked from earth.

The 64 new pieces of soon-to-be debris are not included.

In order for that to be a true representation of the scale of the objects in orbit. Each of those objects shown above would have to be as large as a city of one million people or more.

In fact, the vast majority of those items are less than 100 grams in mass.
 
So, yes, the 'boys' have been cleaning up after themselves.

No, they have not; a statement to the contrary is just grossly ignorant or a lie.

As of December 2016, five satellite collisions have generated space debris.[citation needed] Space debris is also known as orbital debris, space junk, space waste, space trash, space litter or space garbage.[2]

As of 5 July 2016, the United States Strategic Command tracked a total of 17,852 artificial objects in orbit above the Earth,[3] including 1,419 operational satellites.[4] However, these are just objects large enough to be tracked. As of July 2013, more than 170 million bits of debris smaller than 1 cm (0.4 in), about 670,000 pieces of debris 1–10 cm, and around 29,000 larger pieces were estimated to be in orbit around the earth.[5]​

And, calling out the boys for their organized irresponsibility and their failure to clean up behind themselves is not misandry, it is telling the plain truth. They are just doing what boys have done since times immemorial: Pursuing their aims at the lowest possible cost, and socialize the consequences.

1125px-Debris-GEO1280.jpg


That's just the debris that can be tracked from earth.

The 64 new pieces of soon-to-be debris are not included.

In order for that to be a true representation of the scale of the objects in orbit. Each of those objects shown above would have to be as large as a city of one million people or more.

In fact, the vast majority of those items are less than 100 grams in mass.
I think that the concept of that went beyond her ability to comprehend.
 
Let's assume those 18,000 objects are all in LEO.

No, let's not "assume". Rather, read the article I linked. It details the perils that the current infestation with space debris already poses to space objects, and major collisions already happened, and more of same might add debris to such an extent so as to render space in certain heights unusable.

If you don't understand the article, let someone explain it to you.

As to your very helpful, but utterly redundant "explanation" of the picture - it was just as redundant as Darkwind's - yeah, I knew that. For I actually read the description. Oh, and BTW, if you think a thing of 100 grams hitting you at a speed of 10 miles per second is a minor issue, you haven't been paying attention.

Yeah, boys being called out for not cleaning up behind themselves suddenly are getting all huffy and agitated. You have no idea how ridiculous you look.

Whatever, space debris is a thing, and has been for many years. Satellites lost because of it and so on. It patently doesn't matter whether you acknowledge or understand the matter. I, for one, have ceased celebrating satellite launches, symbolizing humankind's quest for knowledge like few other endeavors, precisely because of it. Future generations will be saddled with the problem in pretty much the same way, and for the same reasons, they are going to be saddled with global warming: We (almost exclusively the boys in positions of real influence) don't care nearly enough for the damage we're causing, extending decades and centuries into the future.

Get lost, boys. You have nothing of value to say on the matter. Your whining and attempts at explaining the whole thing away are just pathetic.
 
100 grams hitting you at a speed of 10 miles per second is a minor issue

Relative velocity. If you're traveling in a vector and orbital speed similar to the object, it's effects are negligible.
 
Get lost, boys. You have nothing of value to say on the matter. Your whining and attempts at explaining the whole thing away are just pathetic.

From hypothesis to anger and dismissal in one, easy step. Yep... that's precisely how science works.
 

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