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on Sept 16, 2022
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Senators introduce bill to thin out the 900k piece...
If a tiny bit of undirected evaporation is enough to push the fragment to deorbit, it's already so low that it would have deorbited on its own very soon anyway.
In that case evaporating it completely would be a better option, as a gas it's harmless
krastanov
on Sept 16, 2022
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You overestimate the ease of evaporating something and umderestimate the effectiveness of a little bit of thrust.
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In that case evaporating it completely would be a better option, as a gas it's harmless