Stupid-Idiot-Balls t1_jd3ax9x wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:14 PM

Reply to comment by nemom in Student built satellite launched by SpaceX and powered by 48 AA batteries and a $20 microprocessor shows a low-cost way to reduce space junk by DukeOfGeek

Short lived space junk is not the problem and is never what astronomer/engineers talk about when they say space junk is a problem.

nemom t1_jd3d1ky wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:28 PM

Ah, yes... How many times have I heard an astronomer say, "Damn it! A satellite passed in front of my sensor. Oh, wait... The catalog says it's gonna burn up in three years, not seventeen, so it's OK."?