The perfectly fine, already-paid-for satellites Trump wants to destroy in a fiery atmospheric reentry

When the next admin comes into office

If there is a next admin.

That said, something has to be done with conservatives destroying infrastructure faster than can be rebuilt, same thing happened with the UK's high speed rail program.

The meek "left" in the US and the UK is not the intstrument to do that though.

Should be possible to send an update so future updates are only allowed if they're signed with a key cipher, then destroy the cipher. Basically put ransomware on it. Would need someone high up the chain to bypass whatever software checks are in place to keep someone from sending bad firmware up.

But the satellite orbits will eventually destabilize. If the satellite manages its own orbit, it could live out the rest of its planned lifespan, but de-orbiting then would be uncontrolled. Shouldn't cause too much risk, things happen already, but we try to set them down far away from civilization.

But if the satellite's orbit is managed from a central ground system, which I would assume is the case because that's the easiest way to reduce risk of collisions, then all the affected satellites would de-orbit at random in the upcoming months to years. Depending on how many are affected, could cause (probably) minor risk, but it would be in the news constantly for years, and the general public would probably lose favor of space operations, resulting in budget cuts and fewer satellites.

But IANARS, YMMV

Edit: oh cool, they're just abandoning them, so we get the mass unplanned deorbit route

They should just say they destroyed it and keep it going, or hand it over to the EU. See how long it takes a fascist to realize.

DOGE wasted a bunch of already paid for stuff across the entire government. If it's something they don't like, they don't care.

Lol... You know the "every accusation is an admission" thing?

Republicans found this cool new trick about a decade ago, where the accuse Democrats of what they're about to do. Then, calling them out sounds like "no, u!", and their base thinks Democrats are the hypocrites

Of course the waste, fraud, and abuse are coming from MAGA. The cult loves that everyone else is being punished so much they haven't thought through what happens when they need healthcare. They don't care that Trump is taking bribes, they think he's based for doing what presidents always do out in the open

You'd be better off calling for the Epstein files. Imply he's killing the satellites because they might expose children being trafficked

These people don't use facts or logic, every word to them should include the implication that their guy is a pedo, and that supporting him makes you believe their motivation is that they want to fuck kids

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