Qelp [they/them,she/her] to news • 4 years agoPossible satellite collision is occurring soon, Kessler syndrome may become a realityexternal-linkmessage-square49 fedilinkarrow-up170
arrow-up170external-linkPossible satellite collision is occurring soon, Kessler syndrome may become a realityQelp [they/them,she/her] to news • 4 years agomessage-square49 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareAlexandairBabeuf [they/them]hexbear9·4 years agoI'm fucking stupid, how much does national/international communication shit rely on satellites? Besides GPS how much does this fuck up the rest of us? link
minus-squareOwl [he/him]hexbear18·4 years agoThe internet uses undersea cables, if that's what you're worried about. link
minus-squareAlexandairBabeuf [they/them]hexbear14·4 years agoholy shit theres tons of them, several across the damn pacific! so fucking cool. Check of this map link
minus-squareOwl [he/him]hexbear13·4 years agoThey have to wrap them in a tough wire mesh now, because for some reason sharks find them really interesting (and sharks interact with all things by biting). link
minus-squareAlexandairBabeuf [they/them]hexbear17·4 years agocomrade sharks trying to get us to stop posting and go outside o7 o7 link
minus-squareOwl [he/him]hexbear14·4 years agoSharks might have an ulterior motive for telling us to go outside, not sure I'd trust them on that one. link
minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]hexbear10·4 years agoIt'll still fuck up a lot though. Lots of remote communication, broadcast media, science. And the US military will be significantly degraded. link
minus-squareAlexandairBabeuf [they/them]hexbear25·edit-24 years ago US military will be significantly degraded based satellite collisions link
I'm fucking stupid, how much does national/international communication shit rely on satellites? Besides GPS how much does this fuck up the rest of us?
The internet uses undersea cables, if that's what you're worried about.
holy shit theres tons of them, several across the damn pacific! so fucking cool. Check of this map
They have to wrap them in a tough wire mesh now, because for some reason sharks find them really interesting (and sharks interact with all things by biting).
comrade sharks trying to get us to stop posting and go outside o7 o7
Sharks might have an ulterior motive for telling us to go outside, not sure I'd trust them on that one.
It'll still fuck up a lot though. Lots of remote communication, broadcast media, science. And the US military will be significantly degraded.
based satellite collisions