Why “Leo” is being discussed
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This doesn’t actually represent an American decline in space exploration, though. The NASA/ESA Mars sample return was poorly designed, they basically attached a half baked…
by Gagarin1917 · Sep 21, 2026
Some types of launches to some classes or orbits have gotten cheaper. Not all launches to all orbits. I don't know if any commercial launch services can even do planetary transf…
by giantrobot · Sep 21, 2026
Nagasaki and Hiroshima are thriving cities. <1000km LEO would take a hundred generations to resume operations. The collision you note, along with another couple that have occurr…
by mapt · Sep 20, 2026
Being Human After AI: Daft Punk, Pope Leo and 'Magnifica Humanitas'
by pseudolus · Sep 17, 2026 · 5 points
Sure, but another aspect of winning a race can be the other party quitting. The Soviets scrapped the N1 (like, they scrapped functional hardware, including many flight ready eng…
by m4rtink · Sep 17, 2026
LEO is relatively simple to destroy simply because it's already so populated with mass, and that population is growing rapidly, and because they all come pretty close to crossin…
by mapt · Sep 17, 2026
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Leo is the Latin word for lion. It most often refers to:Leo (constellation), a constellation of stars in the night sky Leo (astrology), an astrological sign of the zodiac Leo, in several languages, usually masculine Read more on Wikipedia