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Space Junk Is Now Landing On People's Homes and NASA Is Getting Sued (invidious.fdn.fr)

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[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 28 points 11 months ago (3 children)

China deorbits something into the sea: redditors lose their minds at the irresponsible Chinese communists who don't care if it kills anybody

NASA drops junk directly onto an American home: redditors want you to know that ackshully the legal framework here is very interesting, NASA might be able to argue they have no culpability in court

[–] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 22 points 11 months ago

Decaying Starlink satellites are also probably depleting the ozone layer again doomer

[–] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago

gosh, this is way too accurate a summary for me to not be mad

[–] shipwreck@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

I’ve seen people collecting SpaceX junk debris like they’re trophies personally gifted to them by Elon Musk.