floofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoIn November 2026, A Human-Made Object Will Reach A Light-Day From Earth For First Time In Historywww.iflscience.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down12
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minus-squareadhocfungus@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoThe first besides that manhole cover from the underground nuclear test, right?
minus-squareFiripu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoJust to be pedantic, that one most likely never made it to space, it most likely just disintegrated.
minus-squareadhocfungus@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoAlmost certainly, but we as a species can dare to hope.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agothat’s exactly what I was going to bring up. not one, but TWO. the original cover was such a significant point of research that they not only reconstructed a whole new experiment around it, but improved upon it to make it go faster.
minus-squareFiripu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoDo you have any proof of that? Can’t find anything about a second try.
The first besides that manhole cover from the underground nuclear test, right?
Just to be pedantic, that one most likely never made it to space, it most likely just disintegrated.
Almost certainly, but we as a species can dare to hope.
that’s exactly what I was going to bring up.
not one, but TWO.
the original cover was such a significant point of research that they not only reconstructed a whole new experiment around it, but improved upon it to make it go faster.
Do you have any proof of that? Can’t find anything about a second try.