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No-Cardiologist-8146 t1_itea4p5 wrote

One step closer to the nightmare of Kessler Syndrome, which will seal mankind's fate by preventing us from ever leaving this planet.

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CMDRStodgy t1_itflnf4 wrote

No it wont. Kessler Syndrome at it's hypothetical worst will make some orbits unusable because the risk of a collision over the lifetime of a satellite will be too high. But even at it's worst the risk of a collision for the few minutes it would take a rocket to fly through the 'danger zone' to a higher orbit is still practically zero.

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mysticalfruit t1_itec7ji wrote

Seriously. At least with starlink they're low enough orbit that if we did nothing they'd all be down in 5 years.

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