alt Hacker NewsStop trying to make Kessler syndrome a thing - it was never a thing, it isn’t a thing, it will never be a thing.
It is just pearl clutching by those too afraid of modern life. Gravity wasn’t a documentary.
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bell-cot • today at 1:53 PM
Back in the day, "Kessler syndrome" was a fairly good way to articulate the fears of many scientists - whose delicate one-off "flagship" scientific research satellites had huge costs and lead times, if things started going wrong up there.
And overall, today's space powers are much more careful about not making messes in orbit.
serf • yesterday at 11:55 PM
a new hot take spotted : newtonian physics isn't a thing.
let's see how well the freeways work once we stop cleaning up after the accidents.
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micromacrofoot • yesterday at 11:53 PM
I mean it might be a thing in 100 years but we're not even close now
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Hey! I think I saw you on Ars. Or maybe someone there copied and pasted this?