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Elon Musk says SpaceX HQ officially moving to Texas, blames new CA trans student privacy law (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Starlink will never be orbital trash in any meaningful way

You're right. They'll be atmospheric pollution. That's what "burn up on reentry" means.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Well in that case, 100% of things that we've launched into space are either

1: Space trash

2: Atmospheric Trash

3: Ocean Trash

Except for the 1st stages of F9 and it's fairings, and one or two first stages of some other small start ups.

Edit: sorry and the shuttle. In retrospect with the amount of refurbishment it required it wasn't really "reusable" per say, but it did avoid being ocean trash.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 4 months ago

That does seem to be the point this thread is making: Going to space is really bad for Earth's environment. SpaceX and starlink are just accelerating that.