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To: equaviator

We have over 8 billion humans on earth.
Most of earth’s surface is the sea, yet we don’t collide into each other.
Far more area on orbital space than on earth,


12 posted on 01/31/2026 4:01:29 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

Yeah - at that scale each one of those dots is about the size of a large city or county.


69 posted on 01/31/2026 7:16:30 AM PST by 1FreeAmerican
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To: SmokingJoe; All

On a rough calculation, the volume in question is about a trillion cubic kilometers, or about a million cubic kilometers per satellite.

If distributed evenly, the spacing between the satellites would be about 100 kilometers (62 miles).


85 posted on 01/31/2026 7:36:23 AM PST by marktwain (----------------------)
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