Discover the shocking findings from the FAA report on falling satellites. Learn about the potential risks, causes, and proposed solutions.
  • db2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    253·
    1 year ago

    Injure? Injure?? If someone gets nothing but a boo boo from a falling fucking satellite then they need to go buy a lottery ticket right away.

    • FaceDeer@kbin.social
      5·
      1 year ago

      Satellites will have thoroughly fragmented by the time they reach the ground, you’d be hit by a piece of a satellite.

      Assuming the study being referenced wasn’t actually badly flawed, which it appears to be.

    • The Menemen!@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      One can get hurt without a direct hit. E.g. when a window bursts from a shockwave and hurts people inside a building.

    • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      1 year ago

      I recommend you never buy a lottery ticket - because clearly you don’t understand how luck works.

      If a satellite were to smash through the roof of my office and land harmlessly on the floor, I reckon I’d be quite startled and might bump my knee on the bottom of the desk…

      There’s definitely a risk of injury, and you’re far more likely to be injured than killed.

      I’d probably also have to pay a couple hundred thousand dollars to repair my home, since I don’t think insurance covers falling satellites and I’m certainly not going to try and sue a company on the other side of the world when they probably didn’t do anything against the law anyway. Bruised knee would be the least of my problems.