• db2@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    One good burst and let him go ballistic, whether or not he makes the sun isn’t particularly relevant.

    • BlindPenguin@piefed.social
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      7 days ago

      You still need to make sure he goes away from earth, not accidentally tumbling towards it in a few thousand years.

      • WFH@lemmy.zip
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        7 days ago

        Do the ISS astronauts dump their waste in a decaying orbit? If so, he would just be another dehydrated turd burning up in the atmosphere on reentry.

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            7 days ago

            I know these scales are difficult to imagine, but his Rocket burning up in Orbit isn’t even a blip on the radar compared to what he does now, and will do for the foreseeable future.

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        I’m not mad at the many bacteria that make up the majority of his body. They can come back in a couple thousand years, after they thoroughly wash the musk off.