US + Russian sats collide
In the first recorded satellite collision, a defunct russian sat and a current US sat collided today.
The pundits are all saying this is a sign that we have too much crap in space. At the same time, experts are saying that there is a tiny chance of this ever happening.
Which leads me to two conclusions:
1) Someone somewhere screwed up. The Russian sat could be a dead hunk of metal, but the US sat should have been able to maneuver to avoid getting smashed. We have the technology. We have the radar. Someone was asleep at the wheel.
2) Russians probably think its pretty sweet that their old dead bird just blew up a new expensive eagle.
The pundits are all saying this is a sign that we have too much crap in space. At the same time, experts are saying that there is a tiny chance of this ever happening.
Which leads me to two conclusions:
1) Someone somewhere screwed up. The Russian sat could be a dead hunk of metal, but the US sat should have been able to maneuver to avoid getting smashed. We have the technology. We have the radar. Someone was asleep at the wheel.
2) Russians probably think its pretty sweet that their old dead bird just blew up a new expensive eagle.
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