Felaguin

Felaguin t1_iw0t53q wrote

Here’s the problem with that claim. If the Earth is heating up, the atmosphere will expand and the atmospheric density at altitude will increase. In other words, heating will INCREASE drag and bring LEO debris down faster. We’ve seen this repeatedly over the last 3-4 decades as the Earth got hit with solar flares that temporarily heated the atmosphere, expanded it, and brought debris down. We see it every solar max.

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