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  • It’s having problems with its RCS system

    The thrusters that turn the craft around and allow precise movement aren’t working properly, they barely got the thing to dock with the ISS.

    Despite what nasa says publicly, I’m sure there’s a lot of internal debate about if it’s even safe to undock the thing from the station. If it loses orientation control while still close to the ISS, it could easily damage the station and kill people. That’s if some of the damaged thrusters aren’t the ones that allow the craft to go backwards, kind of important if you want to leave the station.


  • The US navy has almost as many aircraft as all of Russia.

    The US Army has more aircraft than all of Russia.

    The US Airforce has more aircraft than the US navy and army.

    That’s just planes and helicopters.

    If you think any of the countries you talked about are a serious threat to the US outside of nuclear war, then you’re sorely mistaken about how truly insane US defense spending is.







  • Flirting with Kessler syndrome so you can land trick shots in Fortnight.

    The only benefit starlink has over transitional satellite internet is relatively low latency, you could have gotten a different satellite provider.

    Just because there hasn’t been a collision yet, doesn’t mean there won’t be. And there has been measurable damage to ground based telescope observations due to the constant stream of starlink sats overhead.