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Shipwack

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20. Agreed! In fact, I would bet good money...

Reply to Warpy (Reply #14)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 01:15 AM

Oct 2025

that, as usual, Musk decided to have the satellites designed without any research on what the standard “best practices” of satellite design were.

As a result, they probably have some basic design error that was eliminated in the ‘60s, but he replicated it unknowingly because he thinks he’s the smartest person who ever lived, and doesn’t need to look at what has been done before.

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Elon Musk's Starlink satellites are falling to Earth at an alarming rate [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 2025 OP

So ... they're built like Teslas ? nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #1

Actually, teslas are remarkably well built and able to withstand severe crashes with little interior damage. Martin68 Oct 2025 #21

Well, don't ever try towing with a Cybertruck ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #22

Musk is becoming a trillionaire creating huge amounts of space junk. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #2

I guess now that election 2024 is over... IthinkThereforeIAM Oct 2025 #3

Bingo Botany Oct 2025 #26

I have a few ideas about good places for them to fall... Ocelot II Oct 2025 #4

I was thinking the same thing BlueKota Oct 2025 #11

Also, markodochartaigh Oct 2025 #5

This is yet another way in which Elmo is screwing us while he gets even richer. groundloop Oct 2025 #8

Metaphor alert! mwb970 Oct 2025 #6

They pollute the sky, and they pollute the Earth JoseBalow Oct 2025 #7

They are built to do that. Gore1FL Oct 2025 #9

2025 is peak solar activity ThoughtCriminal Oct 2025 #10

Yay! defacto7 Oct 2025 #12

I believe Devo wrote a song about this. Crowman2009 Oct 2025 #13

Do I hear an "Oops?" Looks like anoher vast idea with a half vast follow through Warpy Oct 2025 #14

Agreed! In fact, I would bet good money... Shipwack Oct 2025 #20

Getting them up there is only half the battle Warpy Oct 2025 #24

Exactly! You made my point much better than I was. Shipwack Oct 2025 #29

Elmo's accomplishments: shitty truck, rocket, satellite, AI, Xhitter Hassler Oct 2025 #15

Kessler effect - the more stuff that's up there, the more chance of collisions. We're already in the early stages progree Oct 2025 #16

Not the same thing I know, but I was just listening to "It came out of the sky"... FemDemERA Oct 2025 #17

Not as complicated as it may seem. Hear me out. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2025 #18

What kind of pollution Old Crank Oct 2025 #19

These satellites are filthy going up and they are filthy coming down. hunter Oct 2025 #23

Better they come down than remain in orbit. Gore1FL Oct 2025 #27

That's not good ck4829 Oct 2025 #25

WTH. It's not rocket science! genxlib Oct 2025 #28