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Next year, SpaceX aims to average one launch every 2.5 days (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If by "left in space" you mean the payload, then mostly Starlink satellites. A considerable number of other people's satellites as well. Those stick around until the end of their service life, then they re-enter the atmosphere and burn up.

If you're asking if any part of the rocket gets left up there, then the answer is no

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There was a recent lemmy post and discussion where "burn up" wasn't making stuff magically disappear out of our atmosphere.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Right. It’s more like the molecules come apart from one another but still exist. Kinda like when bread turns into toast in the toaster: matter transforming as energy flows though it.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago

Nah, I'm asking about why so many trips, and what is being left. You won't find a list of it anywhere.