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Starlink alone has launched more than 2,000 satellites already and plans a total of at least 12,000. That's a lot of fuel - and that's just one constellation.



> That's a lot of fuel - and that's just one constellation.

Is that a lot of fuel? 5kg times 12000 is about 60 tonne. That's the weight of two big truck approximately. In which sense is that a lot of fuel?

And besides krypton is a noble gas, it doesn't react with anything.


60 tons of Krypton, eh. 60 tons of Mercury is huge.


I agree with you.




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