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LIR: Can't they just throw them one at a time at earth when they do spacewalks "Joe, don't forget to throw some batteries at Earth when you go out k?" -- nm

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Mar 15 '21, 09:06

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The pack probably can't be disassembled into individual cells so it has to be disposed of as a unit. And an HTV wouldn't be considered garbage -- (edited) - TWuG Mar 15, 09:31 9
- Earth is right there, just throw it at it :) -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 09:33 8
  - Orbital mechanics are non-intuitive and I'm pretty sure that there's more to it than the door is down for trying to simply throw an object - JD Mar 15, 10:03 2
    - The fun one is that it takes less energy to fly away from the Sun than toward it. - TWuG Mar 15, 10:11
    - I'm horrible at Kerbal Space Program. It is *very* complicated (orbital mechanics). I get a little better each time I play but overall I suck at it -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 10:07
  - Angle of entry is important. Throwing it directly at Earth would result in a large chunk surviving reentry - TWuG Mar 15, 09:35 3
    - But see, these people are experts and stuff. I am sure they could skip it along the atmosphere like rocks on water, right? -- nm* - Spawn Mar 15, 09:36 2
      - Too shallow an angle of entry and it could, indeed, skip right off the atmosphere and back into a dangerous orbit. - TWuG Mar 15, 09:41 1
        
        My way is more fun :) -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 09:42
  - Bonus: shooting stars -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 09:34
if they were smart they would take potshots at Russian and Chinese satellites and just say 'whoopsie' if they get a hit -- nm - decline Mar 15, 09:18 1
- International Space Station! They need to aim for non-member satellites. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 15, 09:32
That seems like an extreme way to deal with category fraud -- nm - con_carne Mar 15, 09:10

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