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MIBlackburn t1_jbv0baf wrote

The manga and Anime, Planetes, discusses this. It's going to be a problem jf we don't do something about it.

I remember an anti-satellite system being used and thinking it was a bad idea. One test ended up generating 40,000 pieces of debris of 1cm and more rather than one bigger piece.

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wheelontour t1_jbwqzst wrote

Yes, that was the Chinese. IIRC that single satellite interception test increased the number of dangerous debris in LEO by 30% at the time. Absolutely reckless idiocy. Probably greenlit by some politician who had no idea of the consequences and was just obsessed with making the world "respect" China.

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No_Huckleberry_2905 t1_jc12ehx wrote

have there been any consequences to that? i have the feeling there should have been.

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