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1. m4rtin+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-04 03:13:29
Starlinks are built to safely burn up on re-entry. A big reusable platform will have to work quite differently to never uncontrollably re-enter, or it might kill someone by high velocity debris on impact.

This adds weight and complexity and likely also forces a much higher orbit.

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2. necove+h5[view] [source] 2026-02-04 04:05:47
>>m4rtin+(OP)
Hopefully a sea platform does not end up flying into space all of its own, only to crash and burn back down.

Maybe the AI workloads running on it achieve escape velocity? ;)

3. vlovic+H9[view] [source] 2026-02-04 04:51:59
>>m4rtin+(OP)
I can’t wait for all the heavy metals that are put into GPUs and other electronics showering down on us constantly. Wonder why the billionaires have their bunkers.
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4. reveri+fj[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-04 06:24:33
>>vlovic+H9
Yeah, "burn up safely on reentry".

100 years later: "why does everything taste like cadmium?"

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