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Kye • 01/17/2025 • 1 reply • view on HN

Would you bet hundreds of lives and millions of dollars on that?


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ricardobeat • 01/17/2025

Yes. Space debris near orbiting speeds doesn't fall straight down, it's simple physics.

If anything planes much further downrange (thousands of km) should be diverted, not immediately under the re-entry point.

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