The earth is fking round

sheeple sounds like that Russian scientist in a zombie apocalypse movie that has the cure but is stuck in his lab

@Kessler Syndrome why did they blow it up?

they didnt blow it up

they de-orbit'd it

So what happened

it was just the end of its mission, and they are cutting down on space debris, hence my name

so they de-orbit expired sats now

OK

well ESA do i dont know about NASA

NASA are bad for space debris

I dont understand why they wouldn't use parachutes or something

Alright, @Kessler Syndrome has been warned for '**Bad word usage**'.

they have terrible naming sense for operations

its cheaper to hurl it into the atmos

because of the fuel required to slow it down, they dont pack that much fuel onto sats

like really

Is that's safer

operation fishbowl

they de-orbit over point nemo in the pacific

its the largest patch of ocean in the world

very safe

i have seen a de-orbit myself, its quite spectacualr, you can hear it slightly as it comes lower

Couldn't they land it there instead though

Just seems a bit weird

they cant land it because of fuel issues, they need to expend a lot of energy to slow down

they dont have the budget for self landing sats

plus it costs a lot of money to re-purpose sats

its cheaper to build new ones

spaceX do retrieve some of their rocket, they bring back the main stage and land it for re-use

im yet to go and see that

its hard to slow down something travelling at 17,000 km/h

I learn new things here everyday

im probably the best person to aks when it comes to orbital mechanics and such, if you have any questions ill try my best to give simple answers

ezekiel 1:1-10

**Ezekiel 1:1-10 - King James Version with Apocrypha (KJVA)**

```Dust
The Prophet's Vision of the Divine Glory

<1> Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. <2> In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoi´achin's captivity, <3> the word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chalde´ans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him. <4> And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire. <5> Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. <6> And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. <7> And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the color of burnished brass. <8> And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. <9> Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. <10> As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. ```

i heard some guys arguing that if the earth was really spinning then if you were hovering in a helecopter then the earth would travel under you, could you tell me anything about that? @Kessler Syndrome

ANGEL MICHAEL DESTROYS MISSILE IN MID AIR: https://imgur.com/YfSDNNq

@baritheloser when you are in a car travelling at a constant speed of 60mph, and you throw a ball in the air, the ball will land back into your hand, this is due to relativity

the same effect applies to space

and the earth