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Please let one land on my house so I can sue SpaceX and retire early.
"act of God", legalese for "fuck you".
One fell in a farmer's field in Saskatchewan. Dude got a hassle, some publicity, and a nominal fee of a grand or something.
edit: here's a mastodon thread where astronomer Sam Lawler lives nearby and visits the site with media:
SpaceX wreckage in Saskatchewan
It wasn't from a starlink satellite though.
Source
Cool thanks!
I don't remember that happening. I would actually be surprised if a satellite would survive reentry with basically anything left of it. If you want to return something from orbit you need heat shield or you're not getting it back.
Even the ISS is expected to completely burn up and that's much higher mass than a starlink satellite
A grand? Then I'm keeping it. I can make more as a roadside tourist attraction. Or maybe I sell it to the Chinese or Bezos or something. You want your toy back, Musk? Pay up, you cheap bastard!