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Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces (futurism.com)
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A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.

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[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 19 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

There really is no other option.

[–] YourAvgMortal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Of course there is! They could spend more money in PR campaigns and ~bribes~ lobbying

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

You need double ~~tides~~ tildes for the cross out text to work

[–] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 hours ago

Just gonna throw this idea out there:

What if they hired a bunch of engineers who graduated from sketchy, unaccredited colleges in foreign countries and paid them half as much much?