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1. Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 21:49:20 CET Prof. Sam Lawler

   I wonder if they'll send those same two silent dudes to Poland to pick up the pieces now?

   https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-19/polish-space-agency-checking-whether-unidentified-object-is-spacex-rocket-debris

   • Michael Vogel (heluecht@pirati.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 21:49:17 CET Michael Vogel

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     @sundogplanets I hate to defend SpaceX here, but that second stage only deorbitated there because they had a problem with the stage. Normally they deorbit it so that it lands at Point Nemo.
   • Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 21:49:20 CET Prof. Sam Lawler

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     According to Jonathan McDowell, this is the second stage from a Starlink launch at the beginning of Feb.

     They really are going to keep going like this with no regulation until space junk kills someone.

     https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vqtp5dj2o6rqnge56sz2db5a/post/3lijpa5vk5c23