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phasechanges t1_j6oakhv wrote

Interesting article but kind of amateurish IMO. FTA: "....height of 600km and extends to 6,000km....". Later in the same paragraph: " ...Space Station remains untouched and shielded in low-Earth Orbit at 230 miles....". Likewise the reference about 25,000 km/hr being "the optimal speed" actually just links to a grade school math exercise that mentions that speed.

Maybe I'm just having a bad day.

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mcoombes314 t1_j6ovnct wrote

And who thinks it's a good idea to give one value in km and the other in miles? Either stick to one or do both.

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